I have had a nasty cold the past few days and I wanted to do something to occupy myself that was fun so I decided to paint Sparta Puss from a photo where she’s posing in front of some beautiful tulips. I started with the canvas I recently covered in an opaque Magenta ground (here).
I blocked in a rough outline with a translucent Hooker’s Green (left), then added highlights in opaque Titanium White (centre), and used a rag to apply a textured opaque Titanium White directly onto the still damp Hooker’s Green in the background and some texture into the cat’s coat. Plenty more to do though. I’m using Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint onto a stretched canvas.
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