Rough & Tumble

This is an image of two young cheetah cubs chasing and playing with one and other.

It has been sketched using the medium of PASTELS on PASTEL MATT paper whilst using a beautiful reference photograph courtesy of Jon Warburton.

The following sequence of images show how I have sketched it.

Some preliminary outlines that I have sketched of the two cubs with the background

Working on the cub's tail and head before I move down it's body to the tips of it's paws

I'm now adding a little shadow under the cubs chin.

That's the one cub partialy completed on the left now for the second cub's head and tail

The leading cub.. just the legs to do before moving onto the dust and foreground

I'm using a paint-brush shaped eraser/rubber to soften the fur

I'm now just adding the finishing touches to the foreground

Scanned by Framer's Gallery