Zippo in Paint

Zippo in Paint

My painting of Zippo

As part of my learning to paint with watercolors , I selected a photo of my Granddaughter's cat Zippo. This is a lovely photo she took. It had just the right elements that I wanted to practice- it was a simple head shot, not many colors, simple background and lots of hair.
Zippo is actually a black long hair but in this photo he looks grey because of the light.

Zippo, photo by Chrissy

Now I have put them together I can see I should have made the head wider and the ears pointed forward a bit more. 
It was fun to do.I will try a dog next time. Lots to choose from.