Sunlit Cat Watercolor Illustration

Transform the uploaded reference photo into a hand-painted watercolor illustration. Use the supplied photograph as the authoritative source for subject structure and visible details. Work from a cat photograph. Preserve the cat's body shape, pose, ear angle, gaze, eye color and exact coat pattern. Follow the reference lighting direction and do not invent extra paws or a second tail. Use wet-on-wet washes for broad coat masses and wet-on-dry accents for eyes, nose and selected fur stripes. Express light through untouched paper and warm translucent glazes; indicate whiskers as a few fine, deliberate strokes or reserved lines. Retain the cat's original position and simplify nearby objects into low-contrast shapes, keeping the silhouette clear. The result must read as a new watercolor painting on subtly textured cold-press paper, with translucent pigment, purposeful brushwork and varied edge softness, not a photograph with a texture overlay. Avoid oil-paint impasto, glossy 3D rendering, heavy cartoon outlines, decorative text, signatures and watermarks. Return a single finished illustration, not a before-and-after comparison, collage or framed mockup.