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  • Willie : WIP #3

    January
    10
    2007

    Here’s Willie’s underpainting, in stages, as I progressed on his pretty tuxedo kitty cat self today.

    The first thing I always complete is the background. There’s a hint of teal in his eyes and the whites of his fur, so I pulled that into the background to bring out his eyes more. I finished his background last weekend – but with everything else going on I hadn’t had a chance to show you that yet.

    Today I began with his eyes, then nose – then ears. Then I stopped and giggled because that just looked silly – so there you have it. Silly tuxedo cat portrait in progress.

    Stage two was getting the colored tones of his fur down. Blues, greens, reds and creamy tans are nice reflective colors on a black cat – they go down first. Then I went back and deepened just some of the darks – particularly his cheekbones and eyes. After I worked in all of the dark fur areas, I pulled medium shades into the white areas and will lighten that further with the next layer of oil.

    And there you have it. I wanted to show you that second progress shot so you can really get a feel for how I paint fur. I literally paint one hair or very small groups of hairs at a time for the underpainting – and then I’ll paint probably two more layers of fur, more individually for more depth.

    {6 Comments}

    1
    Sue said,

    I think this kitty portrait is turning into my favorite kitty portrait yet. So pretty!

    Sue

    1.10.2007 @ 5:48 pm
    2
    taba said,

    soooo loverly!! :lovestruck: and i really appreciate the multiple progress shots!

    1.10.2007 @ 10:38 pm
    3
    Lori said,

    Those are so amazing! My kitty is a sweet black one and it’s almost impossible to photograph him. He just turns out to be a black blob on film.

    Thank you for your comment at my TT and for selecting my blog this week. I’m tickled fuschia!

    1.11.2007 @ 9:11 am
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    phoenix said,

    I miss having a cat around but the WH hates them. sigh…

    Guess what I got in the mail today… :iloveu: :thanku: :yahoo: :friends:

    1.11.2007 @ 11:09 am
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    Tommi said,

    I love this kitty on that color background! BEAUTIFUL!! The WIP’s are so cool! Kinda like on of those little “FLIP BOOKS”!!
    xxoo :cheerful:

    1.11.2007 @ 11:13 am
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    Darlene said,

    Beautiful before it’s even done!! I love your kitty portraits and am proud to have one of my own from back when I could still afford you. :raspberry:

    1.11.2007 @ 11:49 am

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