Water Lily Finished

I painted from this same picture about 3 1/2 months ago for the Art 4 Shelter event.  In that earlier painting, I used transfer paper to essentially trace the picture on my painting surface.

This one was painted from a drawing (said or written with pride).  For the more complicated water lilies, I see no problem with using transfer paper.

I really like how the lily pads turned out.

Drawn, Not Traced

Awhile back, I painted some water lilies, but I used transfer paper and traced my picture.  This time, I am trying to paint from one that I drew.  I selected the easiest lily picture that I have.

Darn it.  In looking at my drawing, I see that I missed a petal of the lily.  There are two petals stacked on top of each other on the left and I missed one.  I need to remember to fix this!

 Some of my lines did not photograph very well.

Minor Adjustment

When I got home from work last night, I figured out what was bugging me.

Marvin is a good cat and he deserved a better nose.  I made it a little more prominent and now I am happy.

The need for this adjustment was much more obvious when looking at the painting.

Marvin -. - Yet Another Cat

I enjoyed painting cats over the weekend and it was a blast going crazy with paint strokes.  The tiny strokes in Saturday's painting of Dorian slowed me down and I did much less rework than usual. Many times, I will painting a section more than once, mostly to try and capture values better.

This one was done yesterday after spending the day at the Fair.

The eyes are too big.  It does not help that I had to outline them with gesso.  Other than that, there's a lot that I like about this one, including the cat's body, the paint strokes, the colors, and the cat's body.

I did the drawing on Saturday.

Before I begin drawing, I've started marking the outer edges at key points.  It makes a big difference. With using a grid, I thought I could skip this step.  Nope.  It's an important step and I should have been doing it all along!!

Lots And Lots Of Brush Strokes

This one was a lot of fun, too.

Crazy Brush Strokes

That was a fun painting session.  I wanted to experiment.

Dorian

Yesterday, I drew this during lunch time at work.  I had a short day at work, since I went to the State Fair to volunteer in the afternoon and play in the evening,  The plan was to post the picture last night before bed time.

In addition to having no hot water in the house since Monday, my WIFI carrier is going through an upgrade. Instead of being down for 1-3 hours, it's been down since last night.  Sigh.  I needed a work-related email, so I'm at a coffee shop for just a bit.

I like this drawing.  I hope to paint it later today!