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Developing the painting 7

The Larson Five

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

Final sketch

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

Developing the painting 5

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

Developing the painting 3

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

Developing the painting

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

Underpainting 2

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

The drawing

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

Close up of Josie

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

The finished painting

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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