The Nuzzle

This is an intimate image of a tigress being nuzzled by her older cub which I have sketched using Pastels, Chalk and also Charcoal on a black background

Below are a sequence of images showing how I sketched the above tigers

I pencilled in a faint outline of the tigers and have then added a soft highlit background

I've started working on the first tiger's ear and then moved down its cheek to its eye

Here I'm gradually adding the fur below the eye

Here I've worked down the snout to the rhinarium and then moved onto the second Tiger

Gradually the two tiger's heads are starting to take shape

Here I'm adding a few highlights to the ruff of the neck on the second tiger

Next I've been working on the Tiger's shoulder and legs before moving onto the secod tiger

I've stretched the neck of the second younger tiger and also fine tuned the image

The finished sketch on my easel

Scanned by Framers Gallery