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This is an image of an African leopard staring from out of the darkness.

It's been sketched using the medium of Pastels and Panpastel on a black background whilst using a beautiful reference photograph courtesy of Chris Jolley.

This ORIGINAL has been SOLD to a PRIVATE COLECTOR.

Below are a sequence of photos showing how I sketched the above image

I've lightly sketched in the leopard's details on the black paper

I've started to work on the fur from the top right hand corner to its ear

Now I'm working down to the ears and then across the nape of the neck

Slowly working on the fur at the main easle

I'm working down the head to the eyes by adding the spots

Slowly but surely I'm begining to fill in the face and now it's left eye

I've done the second eye now as I move to the neck and behind the ear

That's the eyes done as I move down the nose of the leopard

I'm working down the nose to the chin before starting on its leg and then whiskers

It's still staring down on me as I put the finishing touches to it

This is the scanned image.