Three Cats Pet Portrait Demonstration Oil Painting

This pet portrait is a 5"x7" oil painting on panel.

In this demonstration, I'll talk a bit about how I use poses to show the cat's personalities.

The person who belongs to these three cats sent in many pictures so I had lots to choose from to do this portrait. You can see some of the pictures I am working with pasted up around the painting.
She likes blue and green, so I start with some of those colors in the background.
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Pink Crab Apple Blossoms Oil Flower Painting

 

Delicate pink blossoms are inspired by the crab apple tree in front of my studio in this 5"x7" oil painting on panel.

Of course, It's early March and the snow is still on the ground so my tree is not yet in bloom. But the snow has melted down to less than a foot and the ground is visible in some places. Spring seems just around the corner!

Check my Etsy shop for my flower paintings for sale.

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Koi in a Lily Pond VI - watercolor painting

 

This painting of koi fish in a waterlily pond is a 14"x20" watercolor using only three primary colors with most of the color mixes happening wet-into-wet on the paper. I made a video that you can see below in which I talk a bit about my technique and the composition.

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