Now it is time to put the techniques we have warmed up to good use. The reference photo used here is from Pixabay, so there are no copyright issues. I have provided both the original photo and a version with the distracting background removed.

We will start by doing a few thumbnail sketches, selecting our colour palette and masking the whiskers. Then using wet on dry and wet up to wet, we will work out from the eye to paint this beautiful cat.