Original artwork description:

Oil painting on paper. Some small details where done with graphite and oil based pencil.
The painting was done with "oil Dry Brush" technique. Oil dry brush is a painting technique in which a paint brush is relatively dry, but still holds paint, is used. The very thin layer of color is applied to a paper. Dry brush is layer upon layer and reworking with an eraser at this point it is possible to incorporate different lighting effects and details. Images painted with a dry brush appears similar to a photo.

Materials used:

Oil "Old-Holland" and "Fabriano" paper

Tags:

#oild dry brush #realistic cheetah #black and white #animal #realistic #photorealism #feline #photorealistic portrait #big cats #feline art #wild cats #cheetah #cheetah portrait #cheetah drawing