Frances Whitman
Wildlife artist 

    

 

wildife artist frances whitman working on the next stage of a pencil drawing of an amur leopard

I have now finished the detail of the leopard and darkened the background I will now start to put in the background detail to finish the picture

 

wildife artist frances whitman working on the next stage of a pencil drawing of an amur leopard

My picture is really coming together now, it needs several more layers to increase the depth of the fur
 


 wildife artist frances whitman working on the next stage of a pencil drawing of an amur leopard

More detail of the head so far 

 

wildife artist frances whitman working on the next stage of a pencil drawing of an amur leopard

I have now added the leopards head and started to build up the colour of the rosettes and fur

 

 wildife artist frances whitman working on a pencil drawing of an amur leopard

I am just starting a new picture of an Amur leopard, working from photographs which my husband took whilst we were visiting Marwell Zoo in Winchester.

I love the shape of the leopard from this angle with the main focus on the tail.

Above you can see that I am just penciling in the direction of the fur in a pale colour