References: :1: Site: sxc.hu Original Artist/Photographer: intuitives Picture name: visions from im 4 Original link: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml'f=viewampid=64560 7/20/08 3 hours amp#169 Crystal Marie Hubbard All content herein are th...

What attracted me to the original photograph was the fur and the lovely contrast between the dark and light patches. I love wolves but for some reason, I'm more comfortable drawing tigers. On the other hand...I'm allergic to cats. What the heck... Oh...

References: Site: sxc.hu Original Artist/Photographer: casshans Photo name: Tigre 1 Original link: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml'f=viewampid=829934 Weapons of choice: 0, 2, 4 synthetic white brushes and Van Gogh half-pan set copy Crystal ...

References: Site: sxc.hu Original Artist/Photographer: rolve Original link: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml'f=viewampid=467448 Site: sxc.hu Original Artist/Photographer: asifthebes Original link: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/705479 watercolor ...

I'm using bristol vellum as I apparently have no watercolor paper left. The reference photo is used from the Wetcanvas image library. I was looking for a picture that represented Beauty, the horse in the book by Bill Wallace. If you don't have any...

This does look like a tiger right' I am my own worst critic. I'm trying to do more realistic stuff and I see that I didn't follow my reference photo at all. Jeez. I suck at fur. I guess I'll get there eventually. Even so, I had a lot of fun doing it....

http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml'f=viewampid=681480 is the reference photo that I used. You will have to be a registered member to view it. It's free. This is the first time that I've used watercolors. This was an one hour experiment. The colors are...