Pi - short for pirate

Here is my pet for this week. Pi is the smaller of my 2 orange boys - he is a coy young thing - doesn't like to be held, but really likes other types attention. I took a photo of him in his kitty condo and used it as the reference for this painting. The orange colour of his fur gave me fits trying to match it as did the white jaw and chin. His irises should be dark/black but I sort of liked this paler look and left them as is. When I took the photo, they reflected the flash and showed up as yellow!!
I'm really enjoying these animal portraits - it is fun to challenge myself with each new one.
10 x 10 w/c on 140lb fabriano

Heather's Mac

My first dog is my friend's springer spaniel, Mac. He was napping in the sun.

1o x 9 w/c on 140 arches

Iggy's turn

10 x 12 watercolour
I think this does it for my practice of cats. I'll have to find some photos of dogs next.

second version

Larry too, on hot press paper (really smooth) different expression.
9 x 10

Practise session

9 x 12 watercolour on Arches 140lb paper
I thought I might try animal portraits to display at our fall studio tours. This handsome boy is my oldest kitty - Larry.

A Floral My Way

I was inspired to try my hand at a floral in this newish style I've been working with. As expected, it turned out full of motion and colour, although I was trying for a subdued effect. Hmm! I guess I just can't fight my current muse.

This is 22" x 22", on hot press w/c paper that has been gessoed and had applications of GAC between layers of acrylic pigment.

I'm going to try another in which I don't have pencil lines showing! I found them distracting but didn't think about that until way past time to remove them! (rolling eyes icon here!)

Cycles 5 - done (I think) = )

here is were it ended up after further play ...