Oil on board 10 x 12"
Bridget Hunter 2012
But I'm still inside as its too cold to go sketching landscapes and I'm a bit fed up reworking still lifes. I've been browsing through sketchbooks when I came across sketches of a cat that chooses to live with my relatives in Wales.This could be a bit of a challenge - to try to capture the essence of Smudge, his air of indifference to my drawing him as he dozed on a convenient red jacket. It reminds me of a poem by Eleanor Farjeon
Cats sleep anywhere, any table, any chair.
Pencil Sketch
Bridget Hunter 2011
cats sleep anywhere - oh yes! on a pile of clean ironing, on your new coat, on a painting, on the chair you want to sit on
ReplyDelete.... and a raised paw says 'mine, do NOT try to move me'
(I don't stand for that but himself goes and sits elsewhere!)
nice study
You have 'essence of cat' there Bridget - it looks like we're looking at him through frosted glass - I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely little painting you're working on. My kitty often chooses her favourite place to sit on how soft the fabric is. She also prefers black, it shows off her fur so nicely. I am constantly wiping cat fur off my clothes.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Vivien - I love your cat tales !
ReplyDeleteAnd yours too Carole - you make me almost want to get a cat.
I think the effect is because its a painting over a painting and the texture is showing through Cathy.lol
Such a sweet painting. You captured the cat's pose well...especially for someone who does not know cats. Could have fooled me. : )
ReplyDeleteThankyou Lisa - this particular cat brought home a duck and a few rabbits which then had to recuperate in the greenhouse! The appeal for me was the colour of the jacket against his black and white coat though.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly , what I was going to say ! Perfect capture of cat's "aloofness" ! I have two and I still don't know them...I simply love your painting !
ReplyDeleteHugs from Florida !