I thought you might enjoy this photo of the boys. Ming and Charlie are having a discussion about who gets to sit in the sun on the chair. Needles to say, by the time they’d finished fighting for it, Cassie had taken the spot for herself!

Mutual Grooming

A Quick Nap

Java

   
English Setter

So if you are anywhere near Ashby de la Zouch  do go and have a look at the show.

 This was painted in acrylics on 16×12 canvas board.

A close up of her eyes.

I started with a sketch of him lying on the floor, looking playfully up at us from an upside down position. A typical mischievous kitten and a real sweetie!

Stan is coming along nicely and as you can see from the photo, I’ve got him onto the canvas board and all the main shapes are there. Now it’s a slow process of building him up and adding colour and detail. This is the fun part of the painting, but slow because it means waiting for each layer of oil to dry before the next one can go on.

And here is the finished painting of Stan on the easel, complete with his frame.

And this is a close up detail of the painting.

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.