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Sharon Archdale

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Sylvia Evans

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Looks a bit fat for a Cheetah. Nicely painted . What is your photographic source ? . Hopefully from your own photograph.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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I'm not a zoologist - but I have seen the occasional cheetah. They do have smaller heads than the other big cats - but I'm not entirely convinced by the relative size in your painting. My suggestion would be to draw them, draw them, and draw them - until you're entirely comfortable with the proportions. As for the rest - yes, I think others have mentioned the most salient points, on modelling, for example, and shading, but I'd have been happy to have achieved this when starting out - you have all the basic accomplishments in place, and just need to keep developing them. Draw, draw, draw: paint, paint, paint, basically! You will develop and get even better.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Don't worry about it - we get some who post here, asking for advice; we offer it, when we can - and then we never hear from them again. When this happens a number of times, people get irritated. But you are not one o' they, and thank you for coming back to us: hope the critiques helped.