Nah, I'm just lazy.
On the Daily Painting website I'm currently a big fan of two particular painters, J.Dunster for his (or her) cat paintings, and Ans Debije for her (or his) glassware paintings. J.Dunster referred to a particular book he had growing up by Foster, How to Paint Cats.....I also had a book growing up called "How to Draw Cats" and I wondered if it were the same book. I found it on a google search, and it was a different book than I had had. I thought perhaps I could find some inspiration with this old book, found one on Amazon relatively cheap and bought it. When it arrived the package was damaged and the book was missing. Rats! The PO stamped it "damaged, contents missing". The seller on Amazon refunded me. I found another copy then on eBay, and bought it - and it arrived in good shape yesterday. Today I attempted one of the cats in the book. He ended up looking really scruffy, and I re-worked him several times over the course of the day. He still looks scruffy. He was supposed to be an extra-fluffy kitten, but he looks like a grizzled old cat. I thought if I gave him a collar, he might look better. Eh.
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| 5x5 canvas board, painted red to start |
Then I started in on another kitty, this time a picture of Randall. Randall was Matt and Eva's 2nd cat who sadly got very sick with a virus when he was only about a year old and he died. He's buried in our backyard right next to Charlie (our beloved cat who died of old-age). Eva said she'd like it if I painted Randall, so here he is as a kitten. He's on a little 3x3 canvas so it can sit on the tiny easel. He turned out perfect. Why did this guy turn out the way I wanted but the other one didn't? It is one of the great mysteries of art.
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