I sold the cheetah watercolor a few weeks ago out of my etsy store so I decided it would be a good time to draw a replacement. Once again, I looked through my photo references and found something suitable. I also felt it would help as cat portrait practice.
I started the inking with my nib pen and then adding the watercolor overlay. It is relatively small at 5″ x 4″ but turned out fairly nicely. Cheetahs are such elegant animals. I think I took the photos many years ago at the Cincinnati zoo which has a breeding and research population. Maybe this month or next I can get up to the Indianapolis zoo. I have pretty well run through my reference photos and would like to get some new ones. I look forward to using my digital camera this time around. It will be so much easier to see if I have something appropriate instead of taking rolls and rolls and not knowing what i have until after they are developed and I am miles and miles away.