Outstanding - this is one of my fave pieces that you have done. The directional brushstrokes and expert layering of color really make it sing. I don't do CP; it seems so labor intensive. Oh, and whiskers are very natural looking.
Maybe I should try. I have the coloured pencils and I have a wonderful book by a wonderful coloured pencil artist with tips how to do it. I guess I’m always afraid I’m gonna end up like we did as kids in school with a great big waxy mess with too many layers. Of course those are the cheap pencils.