Pet Portrait - Purdy

Creating Purdy 

This was a recent pet portrait I was commissioned for as a gift to the owners of Purdy who had recently passed away. She was a beautfiul cat that lived to the incredible age of 19.

I created the portrait working from photos that I was sent, sketching the initial outline in pencil before outlining in ink and gradually building up the colour using watercolour paints. 

To add in the final finer details I used black pen and pencils to pick out the texture of her fur and whiskers.

Below I've included a few of the shots I took from each stage so you can see how the portrait progressed and came together to be the final image you see above.

Stage One - Initial pencil sketch of Purdy

Stage Two - Adding black fine liner over my initial sketch 

Stage Three - Initial watercolour washes of Purdy

Stage Four - colour building with further watercolour washes

Final stage - adding in the fur and whisker detail using fine liner and pencil