This latest commission is of Baggins - a British blue cat with a gorgeous coat and yellow eyes. I started the portrait on a cream Ingres pastel paper and blocked in a base of light grey and white after sketching Baggins in his favourite pose. Then I added a darker blue grey to some of the shadow areas and marked in his eyes and nose with a black pastel pencil. Browns and blues were painted into the coat next and blended with a silicon shaper each time, following the direction of the fur. A warmer brown was added to the ears and some areas of the coat and I put a tiny bit of orange and green into the eyes before carefully blending. Darker greys were added to create more depth, blending each layer to create a fluffy coat. Lastly grass was painted in with a few daisies to pick out the yellow in his eyes and his name was added at the bottom. There's Baggins!
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