Today I have been painting next stage of the two kittens, this is how far I got in the process.

Step three of kittens in oil

This is the final scan of Sam. The portrait is relatively small and I have been working from the reference photo you see below. The photo was taken by a Iphone so the photo is also very small. Of course when you come up with something, at the end it looks more like an illustration of that particular cat. Anyway, the client couldn’t provide better photos and Sam is veeery hard to photograph. I’m sure she will be delighted with the final painting anyway, but it’s the last time I paint this way.

cat portraits in oil