Cat portrait WIP

This is a new WIP scan of the British Shorthair cat (the horse portrait is finished but I can't show it until after the recipient's birthday in June). It's not easy to make the fur look soft but I hope I'll get there. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do any work this weekend due to a migraine with all the bells and whistles. Quite awful really and I don't feel great today either but at least I can sit up straight and don't feel quite as sick anymore. So hopefully I'll be able to get some work done today as the cat's owner can't wait to see the finished portrait. She's a lovely lady who I've drawn 4 portraits for in the past. Don't you just love customers who keep coming back for more!

I have finished one of the photography pages (the one about my favourite zoo animals - meerkats!) but I'm still debating whether to let you have a peek or wait until all the pages are finished (in the distant future...it is just SO time consuming!). I won't spend as long on the other pages though...I just wanted to add some meerkat information and make it a 'proper' meerkat web page. I guess you can tell that I love meerkats! ;o)

Meerkat portrait in pastels

I am currently working on a very special 'commission'. I love meerkats and so does my Mum, so this one's for her. :o) I met this little meerkat at Marwell Zoo near Winchester earlier this year and took the reference photo myself (along with about 300 other pix of various animals I might want to draw at a later stage).

Anyhow, this cute meerkat is being drawn in pastels on velour paper and this is how far I've got:

Pet portrait artist hello

Just a quick hello to say that I'm having a week off. Went to see some birds and meerkats today. I LOVE meerkats! :o)