I have been thinking about adding pet portraits to my etsy store in time for the Christmas season. I am a bit hesitant to do this as capturing living portraiture is a lot different than working on brick and mortar construction. I was pleased with the portraits I did of Ding Dong Dog and The World’s Best dog, so I thought if I was able to do a black cat acceptably, I would consider it. This is not quite done as I think I want to do more on the background, but it is basically finished as far as the cat goes. Black cats are very hard to photograph well enough to get the details I need to be able to see and this was no exception. I tried to delineate his body with the pen and ink and add texture with the watercolors without getting overly bogged down in the details.
I am now working on a pair of black cats and after they are done, I will make my decision. What do you think of this little guy.
Here are links to some of the other animal portraits.
(https://ruthsartwork.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/ding-dong-dog/
https://ruthsartwork.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/dogs-and-daisies/
https://ruthsartwork.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/a-boy-and-his-dog-and-a-lollipop/