Princess releasing Bird
This was painted in photoshop around early February 2010, but I was never that happy with it. I left it a few weeks and added flowers and more tonal work to help bring it out a bit more, as I felt is was too flat, despite the prospective. It does look better now. Ironically I was expecting the figure (in perspective) to be the most difficult element here but it was not after all.
from the website...
This illustration depicts a princess releasing a white dove to freedom
in the grounds of her home. The angle is looking down at the action to
show the release of the bird, leaving the girl behind on the ground.
Painted in 2011.
This was painted in august 2010, in photoshop. I always think of cats being black and white in colour,because I suppose of the family cat in the previous post! On reflection I suppose the white, disinterested, female cat should not have been against a white wall. I am pleased with the distant,'blue' house.
from the website...
Two cats are seen in this illustration, of a romantic meeting between
the two. The white female cat is on the wall looking down at the other
in a superior manner. The black and white cat is looking for some
attention.
Painted in 2010.
This was painted ,in oils, during mid summer 2010, at a size of 7'x10' on board. It was based on a old B/W picture that I took around the early 1990s. I then made a B/W 8'x10' print in the bathroom from the negative, and its from this that I took the information to do the picture, and used other photographs, in colour, for the colour information. The cat was the family cat and she was called 'cuddles', because she was more aloof and proud, rather than wanting to be a popular cat. She is sitting by the fish pond in the garden.
