Did this pastel painting over the last few days. Trying to learn how to do pet portraits.
People seem to like getting portraits of their pets so it seems like something useful for me to do.
Thank you to anyone who looks, comments. Always grateful for constructive criticism, always hoping to learn and improve,
Thank you ❤️😍☮️
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Almost looks like a photograph it's so life like. Excellent work!
The light on individual hairs....just 
Gorgeous kitty portrait - you are very talented.
What a Christmas gift that would be!
All those little hairs, & the detail in the eye is incredible.
It's beautiful!!!
The only thing I can paint is walls! 
First, it's an awesome effort. Congratulations. Your stroke work captures the fur texture magnificently. Great lighting, design and crop!
Had I commissioned this commercially, I'd ask you to push the saturation of colors a little more, particularly the yellow and green areas, and increase the density of the black areas. Also, the gray area in the lower left is a little too light and draws the attention away from that beautiful feline face. I'm not a pastel expert, but I do know they're pretty unforgiving, so I'd urge you to make changes with a light touch.
Also, the cat's left eye doesn't look quite right to me though I imagine it matches your reference material. The nose looks slightly out of perspective too.
This critique comes from evaluating commercial illustration and photography over four decades. It's not the final word or necessarily correct. But it's what I see.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work. You have an incredible talent. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent!!!!!!!!!
Pastels are so tricky - all I can do with them is make a smeary mess - and you've done a great job here!
You can do my cat!
Great Job!!!!!!
It’s a very successful portrait! I love the reflections in the cat’s eye. I’ve gazed into my cat’s eyes like that and seen many incredible thing. I think you’ve captured the cats eyes beautifully and completely. All of it is outstanding! The soft fur and the whiskers and the pink nose make me want to pick the cat up and snuggle! My cat is a tabby just like that one and for a split second I thought your drawing was of him! It’s truly lovely to get pulled in like that because it filled me with all the emotions I feel for my cat as soon as I set eyes on it.
This portrait is quite successful. It’s perfect in every way. I don’t see a thing that could be improved!
How did you get a cat to sit still for that long? 
Gorgeous painting though!
The correction looks good, and I love the new portrait as well.
And it's easier to critique than to draw: I couldn't have drawn either one of those portraits.
Just for fun... saw this today and think you are in good company with subject matter.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boredpanda.com%2Fcat-bushes-thetopiarycat%2F&psig=AOvVaw3CvMBpeH1NB3LiZVHYtJqe&ust=1653010865131000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCJjGu7236vcCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE
Oh look, a kitty under the ladder. 
Thanks for sharing.
