Just Hanging Around Is a leopard watching out for prey from the fork of a tree

This image of a hidden leopard watching out for prey whilst relaxing in the fork of a tree, has been sketched in the medium of Pastel on a PastelMat paper.

This ORIGINAL has now been SOLD to a PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Below are a sequence of images that show how I sketched the above leopard

I've lightly sketched in the image of the leopard resting in the fork of the tree

Here I've worked in some darker shades of background green to make it mottled

I'm at my easel here slowly working in some flakey bark on the tree branch

Now I've started on the upper branches and then worked down the main branch

Continuing with the bark I've also added the leopards hanging left front foot and its tail

Looking up at my easel as I take a break

Here I've added the main trunk of the tree and a higher side branch

Im gradually working my way up the back of the leopard

Here I'm using the cross bar to rest my wrist as I work on the base of its tail

I've slowly worked my way up its spine filling in the spots and now moved to the face

That's it, scanned by Framers Gallery