My first pastel drawing of the year 2023. With thanks to Gillian Merritt for her lovely photo reference of a snow leopard. A4 size on Clairefontaine light grey pastelmat using a selection of pastel pencils. Deb
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WoW that is Beautiful Great Job.
Dead on Eyes 
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I have always thought as the cliché goes the eyes are windows to the soul. There is so much soul here. Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece.
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Thankyou so much. Deb
Thankyou, I think if you can capture the eyes you
are halfway there. Deb
Can I just–WOW–this leopard looks AWESOME! Not only that, can I just go to say the background? It’s blurred, yet complements the leopard well, while also looking great? Then the fine line on the leopard fur plus the whiskers?! Well done! 
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Thankyou, the blurred background is achieved by the depth of field on the camera by the photographer. I’ve just done my bit by using pastels to create my drawing.
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That’s photo real with the great bokeh in background and the fur well defined but not scribbled. A lot of patience was used in this work, I suspect. Loving the sparkle in the eyes as well as the dark whiskers!
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Thankyou, when i’m drawing I get very immersed and yes a lot of patience is used. I found the out of focus fur quite trying as I want to put more detail in. Deb
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Wow!!! Thats beautiful!!! You captured it so well!
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Thankyou so much. Deb
Wow, very impressive.
Mary
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Beautiful painting in pastels. I just recently started using pastels, and I know this was not an easy one to do. Great job!
Patricia.
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Thankyou so much. Deb
Thankyou, The face was easier to do than the fur down the shoulder, as there wasn’t the detail to put in and was out of focus. Deb
This is stunningly gorgeous!
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Thankyou so much. Deb
Absolutely beautiful. You put so much detail in the entire piece. So glad you posted it.
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Beautifully done! Very inspiring! I would love to be able to achieve something like this!
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Thankyou, detail is what I like to try and achieve. Deb