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Below is my very first attempt at drawing animals, especially fur. ..
Of the many mistakes I made while doing this, the biggest one was blending. I ran out of patience doing the hair and thought I could speed up the process by blending the hair out - huge mistake.
Hi Becca,
First attempt? pretty dern good! A tricky subject to start off with too, three lots of cute, cuddly fur.
One thought - (please know I am no cat expert, they make me itch so I haven't studied them greatly), is something of the shape of the face of the left kitten seems not quite right. Not sure what... perhaps the angle it is on? Don't quite know. But the rest of the drawing is very good. You have certainly caught the character and charm of the subject(s). My husband just came in and saw them on the screen and said... 'Awww. cute. they are good.'
Ahhhh, the old 'do I blend or not debate!' 
What I do, is when in doubt I don't... I go get a cup of tea (or glass of red), think about it, then decide. Mainly because fur/hair/feathers can get pretty tedious and sometimes you really just need a break. Often after a little while away from the drawing you come back refreshed, look at what you have done and say to yourself, 'hey thats pretty good', and continue on as before.
Linda Weil
www.users.bigpond.net.au/lindaweil/
