Well here is my first white scratchboard completed. At least I think it is until I get some feedback from the scratchboard forum artist folks at WetCanvas. I found this very different to work on compared to the black board. More difficult maybe to put the color on first, and scratch to white, rather than scratch through black to white and then color. Not sure what the psychology is there but it is what my mind says.
Finally figured out, and will apply next time, that I need to lightly sand/rough up the board at the beginning so the first base pencil colors apply and adhere better. He is kind of a scruffy looking guy, I think he is young, seems to me most Cheetahs are sleeker looking. ESP at Paint My Photo, the photographer, said he was surprised as this cat was coming right to him and he didn't have the lens that he wanted to use - hence the title Curiousity & the Cat.
Now that I look at him, this pose is pretty similar to the Tiger I did a year or so ago, where he is kind of coming out at you. Might have a greeting card collection going here.
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