Monday, February 29, 2016

Contemporary Cat

Contemporary Cat
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas, 12x12
Goodness me - I have taken a trip to crazy town!!  Painting with such vivid color is exhilarating!  When approaching a painting in such a way, my biggest question is what color to choose.  I am letting my intuition guide me, as heaven knows I have not done anything like this before!  I start first with colors that are really there, the whites, the warm yellows, cool shadows - and then exaggerate those colors.  I pushed the yellow to cad orange and cad red light, the shadows to purple.  The landscape in the background has it’s roots in the true colors, the foliage is green - although I’ve pushed that to yellow green with cad yellow highlights.  The sky blues are also present - turquoise to violet blue.  As I block in the masses, I try to be mindful of how I use the warms and cools.  I’ve used the catalyst again here - and I am loving the variety of strokes that I can achieve.  I have more on the way - I can’t wait to take them out for a spin!  Painting number 1153 in 1153 days.
Surprise!  Another secret landscape underneath this first sketch of contemporary cat!! 

10 comments:

  1. Wow, wow, wow! Fantastic. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie

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  2. Lovely cat and colours. Like to see the other one ready.
    Happy PPF♥

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  3. love your colorful and vibrant kitty!

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  4. Fantastic color and cat image.

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  5. Ohhhh wow this is fabulous! I love the bright bold colors.

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  6. Stunning work!!You've crossed over to the other side!! WOW this is a whole new style for you!!Or is it? Maybe it's just you merging into a new lane!! I'm LOVING these so much!! So much talent!

    Hugs Giggles

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  7. welcome to crazy town... I adore those colours and you manage them effortlessly... your skills constantly inspire me...xx

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  8. Oh! WOW! This just fills my eyes...I adore this painting--the use of those colors, contrasted so beautifully--this fills my eyes to the brim.

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  9. I LOVE the bright colors in this one!

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