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Developing the painting 7
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The Larson Five
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The three cats in the front all
have strong markings painted in
dark browns, blues, greens ...
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The finished painting, The
Larson Five, 30x20 inches,
acrylic on canvas
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Initial sketches
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Final sketch
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This is a commission to paint
five beautiful cats in one
large painting. This can be ...
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I did several sketches using
different poses for each cat.
This is the sketch that will
become the ...
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Developing the painting 6
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Developing the painting 5
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Many layers have been added to
the background to make a rich
purple brown colour. I'm ...
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Starting on the cats themselves.
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Developing the painting 4
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Developing the painting 3
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Adding extra layers to the
background and the cushions and
painting the front of the bed
spread. ...
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Starting on the bed spread with
sap green, jenkins green and
yellow ochre.
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Developing the painting 2
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Developing the painting
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I'm starting on the cushions.
The stripes are full of colour,
I have yellow, green, pink, ...
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I'm starting with the
background, laying down much
thicker paint. There'll be
several layers added ...
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Underpainting 3
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Underpainting 2
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The underpainting is pretty much
complete at this stage.
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Burnt sienna starts the process
of washing in basic tones.
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Underpainting 1
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The drawing
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The first washes of blue go down
in the dark areas of the
painting.
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The sketch has been refined and
transfered onto a large sheet of
canvas.
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Close up of Mad Dog
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Close up of Josie
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Mad Dog has a great face and
wonderful green eyes. His coat
is quite dark so I've used blues
to ...
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Josie has lots of lilac and blue
tones in her white fur and
little touches of red in her
dark fur. ...
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Close up of Isis and Bobina
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The finished painting
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There are touches of green in
Bobina's red fir and touches of
pink in Isis' beige fur.
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There's lots of fine tuning to
do at this stage. Extra
highlights and shadows to refine
the form of ...
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