Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Mix It Monthly - Theme Pets
Mix It Monthly's theme for this month's art is pets. I have 3 cats, a dog, 2 horses and a goat. I took pictures of all of the inside pets and I liked the one of this cat best because her coloring suited the colors that Conny wanted us to use. This cat's name is Target because that is where I found her. Most of my pets are foundlings. Target was only 3 pounds when I found her and she was very hungry. She is still loves to be outside and I thought that she would look perfect in a garden setting. The background started out with a gelli plate background with leaves but I covered most of that up when I did watercolored over the background. I went back in with a stamp and did some more leaves mixed in with the flowers. Below the drawing is the photo that I took of Target. You cannot tell in the photo but Target is a Calico. I tried to put her pretty jewel colors in the painting even though you cannot see them well in the photo.
I got another photo op this morning and now you can see her pretty colors with this photo!
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16 comments:
What a lovely cat...and you have painted her view in such a beautiful way :-)
A wonderful work. I love it!
Claudia
Nancy what a fantastic painting of your cat! Seems she is a very special and lovely cat!! Love her detailed nose and mouth area and the colorful gardenbackground! Fabulous!! Love your are making art with us on Mix It Monthly ♥ Conny
Loving your wonderful cat painting.
Annette x
http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/
You painted your cat so beautifully! A wonderful expression of your love to her!
Wonderful painting of your cat. You have captured the eyes so well.
You have painted a wonderful cat!
Love your cat portrait - very well done.
What a very sweet cat - both the painting and your real cat. I like her garden too with the pretty blue flowers.
Awesome kitty-both in your art and your photo.
Oh, I love your sweet kitty with the little feetsies!
She looks awesome! The pic is lovely as well as the background!
Lovely painting of your cat, great details!
i absolutely adore the folk art look of this painting~!!~
and Target is beautiful too~!
:-)
libbQ
this is a really great cat painting Nancy! (and I bet the photo doesn't even do it justice)
--Miriam Schulman
You have such a sweet cat Nancy! I love your painting of him. Take care:)
Really a lovely cat! Your portrait is beautiful! Wonderful eyes!
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