Scratchboard

Scratchboard value strip

Fern

9"X 10" 

Scratchboard

Artist's Statement: 

the idea was to replicate a realistic photo with scratchboard. For this I chose my cat, Fern, because animals look really cool in scratchboard. 

I used scratchboard and various tools to create fur texture and carpet, giving a realistic impression. 

I was going to do more of the photo at first, but then that was too hard, so I cropped it to minimize the excess.