First Light

This is a specimen sketch of dawn light catching the features of a prowling leopard

It's been sketched using the medium of CHALK, CHARCOAL and OCHRE on black paper whilst using a beautiful reference photograph courtesy of Pravir Patel.

Below are a few images showing the sequence of how I sketched the leopard

I've lightly sketched in the highlighted areas of the leopard

I've started to add the highlights with the light source coming from the right of the image.

Finally I've added a little more ochre to the highlights to make it look warmer.

This is the final image scanned by Framers Gallery

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