Number 15 of 30 in 30

"Cat Bird"

11" x 14"

oil on canvasboard

This was one of those days, when I just wanted 

to walk out of the studio and

be done for the day

and that feeling hit - about half way through this

'time at the easel'.

It was a three time 'wipe off' and

I finally went with it.

You 'win' some and you 'learn' some.

Probably the biggest "aha"

IS
I am painting on too large of a canvas

for a 'daily painting'.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Number 8

"Tempo"

6" x 6"

oil on pine veneer

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I love it when little kittens are rescued - and this

one was - in August - by my

artist friend Leann, who lives in Michigan.

She and her husband found this

then, 4 week old kitty, without a mom,

without litter mates,

just abandoned near their

rental house they were working on.

And - the short version of the story -

Leann now has a little gray kitty

to go with her other two kitties.

I wanted to paint from a photo she had

posted because it reminds me of a 'heart'.

And I DO 'heart' that this kitty has found a 

good home!!

Day 6 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Cloey Again"

6" x 6"

oil on wrapped canvas

Sometimes when painting a likeness, I get very picky - 

not perfectionistic, but picky.

Day 2's painting did NOT

have that 'soul and spirit' that I like

to put in my animal portraits.

Therefore - round 2.

I like this one better.

I started with the eyes, as I often do.

and moved on.

If I don't have a good photo of eyes,

or the eyes don't have that glimmer

the finished painting 

often lacks that LIFE ~ 

because I need to see it

not just feel it.

Painted the nose in three different spots, before

I was satisfied today.

White fur has always been a challenge

and that's just 

what these 30 days are - 

a PAINTING CHALLENGE,

right?

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Number 4

"Hattie"

12" x 12"

oil on wrapped canvas

Have been working on little 6" x 6"  canvases, but the eyes on

 Miss Hattie Dior

were soooo small and sort of squinty, I didn't think 

I could pull it off as small as I had been working,

thus 'double the size' canvas.

This cute tuxedo cat ~ Hattie ~  belongs to 

my friend Kelli in Evergreen, Co,

Kelli is a teacher, a vet tech, a world traveler and 

owner of many dogs and kitties.

She has an endearing relationship with each of her furbabies.

Hattie was a rescue. She and her brother were thrown out a car window

and there was a car behind the car that threw them out.

They stopped and helped the cats.

I love hearing and reading stories about her pets, meeting them 

(although I have never met Hattie) 

and painting them.

This photo particularly beckoned me ~ to paint it, 

because of that intense sunlight bathing her

as she sits on the stairway landing.

Day 22 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Happy"

5 1/2" x 7 3/4"

oil on Arches (Oleo)

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This is Paula Ann Ford's kitten, Happy.  I asked her permission to paint her.

She just appealed to me, so innocent, feisty and curious looking.

Number 22 - OMG - I can't believe it...now I know I can paint at least 22 days in a row..because I have!

A Cat Portrait Finished

"Bili ~ aka Poose"

6" x 8"

acrylic on Raymar canvasboard

Poose is done...on to a bigger landscape now.

This is the photo I worked from..

It looks like his driver's license.

Cat Portrait - WIP - in Acrylic

Work in Progress

While visiting my daughter I remember her mentioning ~ "With all these artists in the family, you'd think that somebody could paint my cat!" 

Not wanting to mess with pastel right now, with wheezing and the sneezing going on, I chose to paint today and got going on an acrylic

painting of 'the cat'. 

I have a long way to go, He is a Maine Coon, therefore, lots of stripes and more colors than you can imagine. 

He has lots of fat white whiskers, that I will save to do as a hint of, at the end.

The meds I am on have my hands fairly shaking, so I quit for today.

Just noticed this photoshop wasn't too good on the skewing it to fit the rectangle...

An Acrylic Painting of a Siamese Cat

JACQUES

8" x 8"

acrylic on stretched canvas

This Siamese belongs to some friends in KC.  They have two of these lovies..and I remember when they got them as kittens - so sweet.  I couldn't resist doing this one, as I wanted to capture those awesome cat eyes. 

He looks a little more serious here, than in the photo I have - like he knew his photo was being taken or he was intrigued by the camera in his face. 

The pose reminds me of Pop-Art, hence the solid purple background.

It also reminds me of a driver's license photo. 

Go kitty go!