The Loved Cat

This was a commission I did for a friend of mine after she had seen one of my cat paintings made by colored ink which was at my last exhibition.  I used watercolors for this one and tried to make it look like her late cat that she still misses.  She was really happy with it when I brought it to her today.  

I hope you do too.

Sleepy Cat

Dreaming Away

Here is a new approach to my water media.

I have just joint another artist website called http://www.wetcanvas.com

 where artists get all sorts of challenges, very exiting!

From all the pictures that we could choose from was one photo of a sleeping cat which I decided to have a go at.  I thought I would make a different approach by using my old set of W&N "Liquid Acrylic Ink" and "Illu Color"

I wanted to go completely from the usual oil and watercolor approach.

My method in few words were as follows:

I sprayed water on a 140lb not watercolor paper, then I poured some yellows, orange and carefully added a little of the sepia for shadows .  While this was drying I started using a pen and a brush to do some glazing and create some texture.  

It has been a long time since I have played with these mediums and I was really enjoying myself.

I hope you enjoy my friends.