CP Cats: A Complete Guide to Wild & Domestic Cats in Colored Pencil

This is a wonderful book! I like to have real books that I can hold in my hand. So that is what I have. Gemma goes into wonderful detail in how she does her pictures. She does amazing art work. The only thing that I struggle with is that her favorite support is Suede Mat board. She tells you that on suede mat board, you can layer light over dark which sounds amazing.! I wish I could try it. I don't have a framing shop close by that I can get left over pieces from them to work with. I can only find it at one supplier, Blicks, and they charge $43 a sheet, plus $3 extra handling if you don't buy 10 sheets at the same time... Eleven of the nineteen lessons are done on suede mat board. One is done on Ampersand pastelbord, Two are done on UArt sanded paper and five are done on Stonehenge. She tells you that when you use Stonehenge you have to save your lights, so it is opposite of working on the suede mat board. I have done one of the eye demos on the Uart Sanded Paper. It turned out really well. I haven't done any of the others because of the suede mat board issue. I think it would be nice if the patterns were in the book instead of having to buy them extra. I had to trace from the computer screen, because I couldn't figure out how to print all of the pages of the QUICK START PACK.

A lovely, informative book.

Enjoyed very much

Excellent resource

After years of watching Gemma Gylling and her works I am thrilled to own a book by her! I'm still working through the projects in her book and have learned how to take my portraits to another level. If your like me and love painting cat portraits then this book is a must for you!!! Thank you Gemma and to Ann Kullberg too!