Pet Portrait: Silas the Cat
Meet Silas the cat! You do not understand how stressful it was to obey the art rule of “draw what you see, not what you know,” but it’s not every day I have to add a color like blue to a pet’s fur tones! So much stress over something that in the end you can barely see, or even recognize at all, unless you know to look for it.
Original Photo: Speaking of unnecessary stress, I once again had to make up the absolute tiniest amount of ear for this portrait — as I did recently with the portrait of the Boston Terrier, Daphne — and I still managed to spend a ridiculous amount of time overthinking and redrawing it. I also lightened the photo slightly in order to add a bit more variety and depth to the fur, as is often the case.
Paper Used: 400 Series Flannel White Strathmore Artist Paper cut to 5x7”
Prismacolor Colored Pencils Used:
Dark Umber - PC947 Dark Brown - PC946 Sienna Brown - PC945 Beige Sienna - PC1080 Putty Beige - PC1083 Black - PC935 20% Cool Grey - PC1060 90% Warm Grey - PC1058 70% Warm Grey - PC1057 50% Warm Grey - PC1054 30% Warm Grey - PC1052 20% Warm Grey - PC1051 10% Warm Grey - PC1050 90% French Grey - PC1076 70% French Grey - PC1074 50% French Grey - PC1072 30% French Grey - PC1070 20% French Grey - PC1069 10% French Grey - PC1068 White - 938
Indigo Blue - PC901 China Blue - PC1100 True Blue - PC903 Blue Lake - PC1102 Powder Blue - PC1087 Sap Green Light - PC120 Pale Sage - PC1089 Grey Green Light - PC289 Raspberry - PC1030 Scarlet Lake - PC923 Carmine Red - PC926 Henna - PC1031 Clay Rose - PC1017 Rosy Beige - PC1019
Progress Pics: Pretend it’s not obvious that I forgot to take progress pics through the majority of this process.
Time-Lapse Video: (Coming soon! Or in years. Whose to say?)
Time Spent: 24 hours and 8 minutes
Up Next: Still checking in with potential clients to determine who I will be drawing next. Though there is for sure another beagle and blue heeler mix in my near future!
Until next time!
Lauren H.