Finished work...I am pleased with this one! I only deepened the darks a bit but I like the result anyway.

I had some time to work on this today. The whiskers please me greatly!!! I still want to work in some depth to the shadow side. So far I have only used B and 2B for the darks...I may go to a 4B or just keep layering as I have been.

I have gotten some shape and definition down for the whiskers. I still need to work on some depth and texture around the muzzle as well as some overall deepening of the darks in the shadows.

Progress again though not a lot. I still need to work on the overall texture and darkness of the last side of the face. It's coming along okay.

I made some progress again last evening...about 2 more hours of work. I am developing the other side of the face...slowly working in the texture and shading layer upon layer. I see that I need to finish the top corner as yet too. I moved down too soon and left a gap. Also I am poised to begin the whisker section on this side of the face.

I have put 2 more hours into my cat project. I am still working the texture of the hair by slowly and lightly layering in graphite to create the shadows behind the hair. This size of this work is a 5x7 extreme close up so creating a believable hair texture is alway in my mind as I work.