Leopard face using Coliro metallics on Stonehenge 600gsm black paper

Once again, I painted another member of the large cat family, this time a leopard and I think it was harder than both the tiger and the lion. I discovered that you can actually mix Coliro metallic colours but I was out of my depth. What progress can be made in our attempt to achieve perfection—even if that goal will always be out of reach—if we only paint the easy stuff? 

One mistake I made was trying to draw the leopard's whiskers using wax crayon. The paper's texture resulted in broken lines and all too late I discovered that the ideal tool for the job was a Sakura Gelly Roll pen, size 10. 

I'm not joking when I say that the painting looks far better in the journal than it does on screen where all the flaws shout out loud. 

I need to thank IanZA on Pixabay for the copyright free use of his reference image and I'll put a link to it in my External Links page.