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Rebecca Latham is an international realistic wildlife and nature painter and author working in finely detailed watercolors. Her works range all sizes - all painted in miniature. Represented by Latham Studios. More»
This is the beginnings of the black leopard miniature painting with the initial rendering of the fur. (The sketch post can be seen here.) There is much more to do on the piece of course, but the feel of the fur texture is in place.
I am eager to begin painting the soft subtle tones of color reflected in the fur and eyes – the contrast of the look of intensity of the cat and the delicate shades I will add in watercolor.
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This is the beginnings of a drawing for another miniature watercolor piece I have in the works. I was requested to paint a more aggressive pose of a black leopard as a smaller miniature, so this is a 5×7 of a leopard ready for an attack.
The subject of the painting is a cat that, though he was in captivity, he was very intent on stalking my sister. (Which was odd, because I am usually the one who is stalked. 
) So… it was a nice opportunity to gather some wonderful references of a very intense cat. 
He was absolutely beautiful. I hope to do him justice in the painting. 
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This is a little miniature I’m working on as well. It’s a chipmunk that I saw while I was out in Wyoming this fall. There were two of them that were scavenging around a park area. They were fairly used to being around humans, so they did come up fairly close – was very interesting to watch them. (My family had a hard time dragging me away from them… )
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I do quite a bit of digging around researching earlier miniature art through various different sources. The art of miniature painting has so many different facets to it and connected to so many cultures. Seeing so much that has come before me is very inspiring in my own painting.
I think I find them particularly fascinating because my painting methods originated with my studies a number of years ago with a Flemish artist who also paints nature like this. He had studied it in his native country. It is rooted deeply in their culture. …and continues today.
Miniature paintings, like these, show wildlife art being carefully depicted by artists who also shared a connection with nature 400 years ago.
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I started a painting on mammoth ivory (I’ve added a couple of photos of the surface as it comes prepared for painting). I started the piece several months ago, but had to set it aside for a bit due to other commitments. The pieces of tusk are sliced very thin for the miniature artist. I will post the progress of the painting itself soon.
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