So I reached into the magic shoe box and pulled out a picture of my parent's cat. What's interesting about this picture is I've painted it before in oils, and I also did a colored pencil version of it years ago. I unfortunatly have to say thisis my least favorite version of the picture. I sort of feel like I botched the subtleties of his face.
Aside from that, fur is very challenging. I obviously can't paint every single hair, but I think there is a lot of room for me to improve on implying groupings of hair. It also wouldn't hurt me to get a better grasp of the underlying anatomy instead of just relying on knowledge of surface details.
I may not feel it was terribly successful, but I feel I learned a lot of what not to do when painting small furry animals, and that's just as valuable as doing it right.
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