#207 and #208 Hershey the Cat and a Hedgehog 9/28/19

I've got 8 more tiny easel sized paintings lined up - all animals.  I haven't sold any paintings to kids lately, and I think it's because the cute animals are all gone.  The Batman in front of the Flag, while cute, is weird.  So, I have 8 cute faces to put down: some cats, some dogs, some sea creatures, a horse and a hedge hog.  I started them tonight with the one animal I know personally: Hershey.  He's my cousin Lori's cat.  All black, slim and trim, much different than Batman who would look like a Sumo wrestler if you put him next to Hershey.  Hershey is being held by Audrey, who was visiting from Florida and just loves Hershey.  I thought briefly about including Audrey in the painting, but I'm still too nervous to paint people.....so I painted a simple background, to frame the simple black cat.  I like how it turned out.  I included some "chocolate" brown in his fur, as highlights to both his name and the sunlight hitting him.  The hedgehog I found on Pixels and he's super cute and looks like he's roaming around a fairy-filled section of the woods.  For some reason his 3-D roundness doesn't come through as much as I'd like.  I kept adding and subtracting lights and darks to see if I could get him to puff out some, and finally I just called it quits.  Likely, two months from now, I'll see the problem that I just can't spot right now.

Oops, now I see it - there is the hedgehogs right front paw just barely visible in the photo that I neglected to put in the painting.  I can fix that next and see if it helps.