Catching snow flakes

Amur leopards

This sketch is an image of 2 Amur leopard siblings that are fascinated by some falling snow flakes. It has been sketched in the medium of Pastel on Pastelmat paper.

The Amur leopard is one of the rarest and most critically threatened leopard subspecies which is found along the borderlines of Russia & China.

Below are a sequence of images that show how I sketched the above Leopards

I've made a light sketch of the two Amur cubs before starting on the background

Here I've added a light blue base background and then created a snow theme

Gradually the features of the lower leopard are starting to develop

Here I'm working on the ruff of the first leopard's neck

The thicker fur has now been added to the cheek and down the nape of its neck

Here I'm starting to fill in the ruff of the second leopard up to its chin & then snout

I've completed the second leopard looking up at falling snow flakes

That's it, now off to be scanned & framed at Framers Gallery

Now scanned and beautifully framed by Framers Gallery