Portrait Marathon: Tiger is DONE

Tiger is all done!

Thing P did get back today (see my last post to make sense of that), thank goodness!  It and I went back and forth, lighter and darker, cooler and warmer, working nearly entirely on the stripes for several hours (whew!!)  The colors in real life are more complicated and intense than you're seeing here.  Hm.

Let me show you a detail, so you can see what I mean.

You can see a little better here how there are blues, golden-browns, and dark-dark (payne's gray+burnt umber+/ultramarine blue) all working in the stripes.  The overall effect is a much richer, more realistic feel, of depth and actual hairs, than if I'd just picked one dark color and stroked it all over.

You can also see the reflection I was working on in the pupil, with what looks like a tree-line and some sky.

Tiger's smiley face has cheered me up through a few gloomy days here in the Pacific Northwest.  Thanks, Tiger!  I'll be sorry to see you go!

Next up is Christine's Hamilton, a handsome guy I know you'll agree.  See you in the next installment!