Valentine Kitty SOLD
6" by 6" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted
Fast forward to challenge # 131 from Carole Katchen's 200 Great Painting Ideas For Artists.....which is to invent or exaggerate colors to create a more exciting design. I chose to paint a cat from a reference of a black and white kitty and I actually made the photo completely black and white so I could just look at the values...the lights to darks and used mostly red to describe them. It was pretty frustrating at first but then it became fun. I thought she made a great Valentine Sweetheart!
Tomorrow I will be dropping off three paintings to the Artists Gallery in Virginia Beach for their One Foot Squared Show which opens this Friday and runs through the month. I hope you will come out to the opening which begins at 6:30 and goes until 8:30. It is a beautiful gallery on Norfolk Avenue a couple of blocks from the oceanfront. Thank you for stopping by!
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5 comments:
What a GREAT idea & super challenge that turned out to be! I love the warm dark reds in this cat!
Say "hi" to everyone at the AG from me!!
What a great painting! Norma, and good luck with the art show too!
Thank you Roxanne! I will tell them all you said hi!
Great job on Valentine Kitty! Looking at just values is such a good thing to do as they play a major role in a good painting!
Good luck with the show!!
Hi Linda thank you! ...yes it was a great exercise in seeing lights and darks and being limited in colors which was really a challenge for me!
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