Amur Tiger

Amur Tigers or Siberian Tigers are an endangered species with only about 500 left alive! 

Here are some cool facts about these majestic animals.

Acrylic on 8x10 canvas

This was a fun one. It was nice to get back to acrylic painting after fabric painting. I took a lot of time with this one. I was trying to achieve depth and airiness in the fur. I hope it has come through. 

Here are some step by step pictures showing the tiger sort of come to life.

               

First the outline on canvas

      

Then some background and more details on the face

Added some base colors

Some more details in the fur and the eyes are almost done. They look a little too big and bright at this point.

After a lot more details and small strokes in, the face is looking good. Here is a close up of just the face.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures! :)