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Starting off 2024 with a
commission! Wow! I was asked to paint Mr Jingles, who is waiting at the Rainbow bridge since last December. He belonged to a Scouting friend, and it was her sister who hired me. |
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![]() This is him. What a beautiful cat! His eyes are very distinctive, and his coat is kind of a strawberry blonde color. The color was kind of hard to get to, as you'll see. |
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![]() My initial painting of the eyes on Jan 16th, and applying a color that I thought was close. |
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As the painting progressed, I found myself a little frustrated that I just couldn't get the coloring right. This photo is titled by me as "driving me crazy" Ha ha. The one below is a day later, and I still didn't think that it was right. Plus, I got carried away with the ear hair!
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So I covered it all over with a
thin coat of a tan color, and the painting below shows what I did. I
thought that it was getting closer to what I needed.
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Finally on Feb 5th, I was able to
call it done, both to the client's & my satisfaction. Whew! LOL
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I hope that you enjoyed my 'behind the scenes' photos! | |||
![]() Autumn Glory, an experiment in heavy texture |
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In April, I then went back to
painting a beloved pet. This is Cali, might be short for Calico This was for a friend's DIL. Cali is waiting at the Rainbow Bridge for her favorite Human |
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This is the photo that I worked
from:
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And my rendition: I like how it
turned out
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This is Bella, a commission by a
friend.
Photo of Bella, and my rendition. Thanks, Ron!
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Finishing off 2024 with a commission! Thank you! | |||
This is Mischief, who sadly went
to wait at the Rainbow Bridge a couple of months ago. To say that this cat has a lot of fur, is indeed an understatement. Challenging to paint, that's for sure, and hopefully the client's Dad will love it. |
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![]() The beginning, about 3 weeks ago, Nov 15th. Below is the finished one on Dec 6th, which is being picked up today, the 8th. Thanks, Avery!
Above is the reference photo.
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Below is an example of what I do
with the stretched canvas, showing painting all the exposed outer &
back canvas, and applying a hanging wire. This way, no frame is
needed.
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For the rest of the year, I may just paint some railway themed ones, and see if I can sell them, but we'll see. First up might be a re-do of a 2022 painting of a Hudson loco crossing the MCR bridge. The first one had a weird perspective. This is what I hope it will end up looking like:
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Instead of this one. As it turned
out, I never did any of this. Maybe in 2025?
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