Khokovela's Feather

A female leopard from Leopard Hills, Sabi Sands

Sketched from a photograph courtesy of Stuart Buy.

Framed with a double mount and non reflective glass

The scanned image

Nearly finished, just a few tweeks here and there.

Feather to position and image to soften.

Neck to do and whiskers.

Touching up the lower part of her chin

Looking through the magnifying glass

Sketching the leopards' head

Khokovela's head starting to take shape.

(She will be looking at a guinea fowl feather to her right)