Ashley is a beautiful silvery gray kitty. This is her underpainting as seen on my studio webcam:

I’ve painted all afternoon, and here she is. MAN she’s gorgeous in person. A beautiful cat even. 😉

Will scan and stuff as soon as she’s dry!

(back-timing it for now! It’s really 5:46 pm CST)

I’ve just finished Sheeba’s portrait, she turned out stunning if I do say so myself! I’m going to be painting the sides to match the blanket with a black pinstripe (that’s pending the ok from mom). She’s going to be even more beautiful scanned, lots of details in her fur!

I’m going to finish up Sheeba this afternoon for those who would like to check in on my webcam.

I can’t believe we’re down to 4 days. (Approximately!) Anyone wondering what that second number is for? That’s the approximate final arrival date. Between the top and bottom count (on the Holy Crap Calendar) are days when he will be “in route” to the final destination, which will probably be the cozy sectional I bought last summer. There’s a recliner with his name written all over it, in dry erase marker, courtesy the Chickeymonkey. hehe!

OKOKOK Going to paint now!! (Then I’m going to monkey with my new gallery program, yes, I am!!)

Here he is, um, all of him! Close your eyes! 😉

I painted the edges a really beautiful & rich brown that compliments his couch nicely. I’m guessing just the edges will take about 2 days to dry before I can even touch it to scan. I’ll get a scanned final image up with details in a few days then.

I’ll be painting for a while today, finishing up Barkley and then Sheeba. The webcam is on if you’d like to watch!

I modified the Mark-o-Meter since we had a little bit of chat time this morning. Aah I feel much better!

More work still to do on Barkley to finish him up. What’s finished right now is his ears/head/neck, the pads on his right hind leg, tail, and the base color for the skin underneath the fur on his hind legs. I’ll finish him up tomorrow.

What can I say. I’m still painting my portraits out of order. I was in the mood to work on Chelsea tonight!

She’s a black cat, really she is. This is just her underpainting, done a little differently again. I’m exploring a little bit with these new ones, they seem to be asking for something more, so I’m going to do my best to give it to them!

I’m not sure if you’ll see as much of a difference here as I do, I’ve just finished up the blanket background & foreground. This will dry (they’re just glazes, so it won’t take long for this layer to dry) and then I can add start working on Sheeba!