Alice
April 4th, 2008
This is a portrait of Alice, a gorgeous Bengal cat who lives with Fiona and Andy. She has a wonderful expression as she stares out through the grasses. I wonder what she is looking at?
Alice is sketched onto a 20×16 inch canvas and the under painting is started with light washes of colour.
Then the blues of the sky and the greens on the grasses are developed. I used several different blues for the sky, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine and Prussian Blue.
Finally I start work on Alice herself.
Finishing touches are her whiskers and details in the seed heads in the grass. This is the finished painting.
A close up detail of the canvas.
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FIONA CURRIE
04.04.08 1:27 pm
THIS IS ALICE’S CHIEF SLAVE HERE-DENISE,YOU HAVE AGAIN CREATED A MAGNIFICENT PAINTING FOR US-SHE IS RESIDING NEXT TO YOUR ONE OF OZZY,& AT LEAST ON CANVAS THEY ARE TOGETHER AGAIN.THANK YOU,FIONA
Sandi Macdonald
04.04.08 3:41 pm
So nice to finally see a new WIP, and of course the final painting is wonderful!
Sandi
Denise
04.04.08 4:54 pm
Thanks for the kind comments.
Yes it’s nice to be back finally, after a bit of a rocky start to the year. I’m really pleased with how Alice turned out.
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