My drawing developed into a painting I chose to finish by cropping it close, for composition sake. This color palette is not so familiar to me- out of my comfort zone for sure. Not a jewel tone to be seen…o.k., that is not strictly true. I do have a bit of bright blue… but still, I did find working with the earth tones of the cat and blanket unfamiliar enough to feel unsettling. As I worked, the cat had been a darker hue than the blanket, but I felt there was not enough contrast, and went much darker with the fur.
Also, I DID challenge myself earlier this month to work with creating shapes, as well as work linearly. My attempt to do this was the tuxedo area under the cat’s chin. I do like the results there…
In retrospect, I feel that the drawing was stronger than the finished painting… both in terms of the initial dye sketch and the gutta lines creating the space of the blanket. Still, I count this painting as successful. I am happy with the realization of a painting from a live sketch.
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