WIP #7 Little Cat's 4 Season Fantasy

These latest photos show some of the last misc components of the composition...I'm on the home stretch now! Just need to tweak a few things...add some color sparkle here and there, and I will post the whole cat soon.






Happy painting,
Loretta
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WIP #6 Little Cat's 4 Season Fantasy

Been in Snow country this week...painting the Winter scene from Little Cat's fantasy. The white tiger looked strange before it's stripes were added! But now he's looking quite handsome, hanging out in front of his ice cave, surveying his domain. And of course, what snow scene would be complete without a white snow bunny. ;-)













Happy Painting,
Loretta
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WIP #5 Little Cat's 4 Season Fantasy

The Lion now has late-summer grasses and a pile of fall leaves to hide amongst...look out!






Here is the view as the scene shifts from fall into winter...which is what I am starting to work on now. The underpainting was already laid in, and now I am having fun developing the scene.



Happy Painting,
Loretta
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Butterfly speaks!

A couple of weeks ago I talked about my inspiration for the cat statues I am painting...my kitty Butterfly. I posted photos of her as she looked then ...WELL! She was indignant, and wants me to update her photo. According to her, she is a BIG girl now. ;-)




Happy Painting,
Retta
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WIP #4 Little Cat's 4 Season Fantasy

I am starting to get excited about this years Little Cat...it is starting to LOOK like what I had imagined. For an artist, that is the fun phase!

Here are the latest update photos. First, let me introduce Dusty, my 11 year old kitty that was adopted from C.A.T.S. She likes to "help" me paint. I have to watch her like a hawk...she is always interested in lapping paint water...ick!







Next, you can see the progression of the jaguar, from underpainting, to details, to foreground details.







Til next time, Happy Painting!
Loretta
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WIP #3 Little Cat's 4 Season Fantasy

Made more progress on Little Cat...as you can see, the tree is done. I had fun painting it all over the face (leaves to come later). This first pic is of the Lion underpainting, and then you can see in the next one he is about finished...just needs the highlights and "sparkle". I save that till last, and do the whole painting altogether. It seems to give a more unified look that way.






And here is the tall mountain with the cool waterfall cascading down into the jaguar's pool (he is next!).








Til next time, Happy painting!
Loretta
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