Shall we recap?
Yesterday, in celebration of little Mona Lisa's 1st birthday, I began a kitten lesson painting. You can see what was accomplished in my blog entry from Monday.
Picking up where I left off, I began laying glazes* down on the background/floor. (*A glaze is a transparent layer of paint which allows the layers underneath to peek through, while also creating an illusion of "floating" brushwork.)
Multiple layers of glaze have reduced the color saturation of the yellow and orange without reducing any of the "shimmering" effect they created.
I also started putting more color into the kitten, molding and sculpting her form with my brushwork. Working from a 1" flat to a smaller 1/4", I finished Mona out with a handful of carefully placed whiskers and fur. There's no need to paint all of them - the viewers eye will fill in the necessary details.
And here she is, all finished: "You Are My Sunshine," a Gratitude Painting, 11" x 14", depicting the studio's littlest muse and rescue kitty Mona Lisa. Done in Golden Open and Heavy Body acrylics on an Ampersand Gessobord, $568 to the first one asking "purr-ty please." Which can be done via email.
SOLD.
Thanks so much for sharing my art with your friends and family,
Kim
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"Tabby Kit," 5" x 7", acrylics on a museum quality panel, depicting a tiny little orange striped guy from Morgue File . This painting can be yours for $289, which includes s&h inside the US. And in case you didn't see it, a little doodle of him is also available for sale here . Inquires may come directly to me . Although it certainly doesn't FEEL like spring here (snow and ice and wind chills, brr!), I can tell that spring is coming. The mercury is rising a wee bit each day and the days are getting longer and brighter. Over the weekend we drove with the moonroof open just to feel the sun's meager and oh-so-very-welcome warmth (although the heat in the car was cranked, too, in the interest of full disclosure!). I wanted to work with spring-like colors today, and this little guy was still on my mind , so I grabbed a small panel and got to work. Of course, I also have Poppy to finish and some changes to make to another po
Je suis ravie d'avoir suivi l'évolution de cette peinture... Mona est gracieuse et parfaite...
ReplyDeleteJe vous fais de grosses bises et une caresse à Mona...
Such a cheery painting, thanks for sharing your work in progress, love to see how it gets from canvas to heartwarming!
ReplyDeleteMartine, Mona's loving on your loving! thank you!
ReplyDeletethank you Maria! so glad you enjoy the lesson paintings - my latest two have gotten great response. I'll have to do these more often!!
ReplyDeleteI ABsoLUTEly LOVE this painting! Wow. It just sings! Many many thanks to you for sharing all that you do. Beijinhos!
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed this! Just wonderful!!!!
ReplyDeleteRuca, thank you so much! all my best!
ReplyDeleteCaren - thank you! Cody, you've earned some catnip. :)
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