This is Bengal cat is Bela, and I thought he looked pretty amazing on that gorgeous red sofa. I wanted to make the painting glow with all that luscious red but as Bela himself is full of warm colour, it was quite a challenge.

The Red Sofa
16×12 inch acrylic on board

It took me a while to get it right but I think he was worth it. This is a 16×12 inch acrylic painting on board.

This is one of my favourite paintings. I just love these two Bengals. They are so gorgeous and the position they’re curled up really makes me smile. It was such a joy to paint! I just wish I could have kept it.

Toffee and Thistle
14×11 acrylic on board
SOLD

This is a 14×11 inch acrylic painting on board. The background is made up of several layers of paint, the base colour was a warm pink with cooler lilacs over the top. As a result the background changes colour as the lighting changes, going from warm pinks to cool lilacs. Looks amazing but is very hard to photograph!

Here are a couple of close ups of the painting.

I love carrying a notebook with me in my bag, useful for notes, sketching phone numbers, all sorts. So when I found out you could make your own notebooks through blurb I was keen to try it.

The first one had to be a Bengal notebook! Well it has arrived and I’m very pleased with the result.

Here’s a photo of Cassie with her painting ‘The Boss’ in the book.

I’ve never tried anything like this before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The paper for the notebook is white uncoated paper and light weight, 90gsm, so I did wonder how well the images would print. Would they be too flat on uncoated paper or bleed through the pages?

But no! They’ve printed surprisingly well. :-) Maybe a bit lighter than you’d expect on a fine art print but they look pretty good and they don’t come through the thin paper either.

I’ve added some photos to flickr to show some of the pages in the notebook. Have a look or have a look at the notebook on blurb.

The Bengal Notebook View Flickr Album

I love the way Ming, my snow Bengal cat, sleeps with a paw over his nose. It’s a pose I love painting. Here he is fast asleep on blue cushions, paw in place. :-)

Snooze is a 10×8 inch oil painting on board.

There is so much to choose from in the Bengal Friends Fund Raffle! All are welcome! Tickets are cheap and all sales benefit Bengal Friends Fund. You don’t have to register on the forum to take part in the raffle, although it is a great place to talk about Bengal cats. You don’t even have to have a Bengal cat to take part.

There are a lot of prizes, including wonderful jewellery, a Mariposa handbag, a cat exercise wheel, books, t-shirts, cat walking jackets, iphone 4 cases, and lots of other things! Oh and a print of your choice from me too.

Here is the Raffle thread showing the prizes:
http://phenomi.net/bengalchatter/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2927
There are items spread out over several pages.

Tickets are 5 dollars and can be bought here:
http://phenomi.net/bengalfriendsfund/index.php?SpecialEvents

Find out more about the BFF here www.BengalFriendsFund.org