Tommy's spot

Here's another painting of Tommy, the pub cat. Here he's in his basket, at the end of the bar, a vantage point from which he can keep an eye on what's going on, and also enjoy plenty of attention from people coming and going. Perfect.

I really liked the photo ref I took for this, but I think the painting ended up a bit overworked once again. Ho hum.

Watercolour, 8" by 10"

Frosty

Here's a pencil drawing of a friend, completed a few weeks back from a photo I snapped.

A4 size (approx 8" by 11").

Redhead 1.1

Having had a bit of feedback from the portrait paintalong, I decided to deepen the shadows further, and did a bit of work on the hair too. A step forwards, or a step back? Personally I think it's punchier, which suits the subject, so I'm happy with it.

Redhead

This is a portrait I painted for the portrait 'paintalong' on Painting Friends - we're all working from a couple of references (there's a photo of a little boy as well, which I'm hoping to paint), and it's good to see how different artists approach the same reference.

This reference is Candace by devymarie, from the WetCanvas reference image library.

Watercolour, 12" by 9".

Faithful

I painted this for a group challenge on Redbubble, from a beautiful ref photo by Trine of her dog, a retriever called Ditte, which had won another group challenge on Redbubble (are you still following, lol).

It's watercolour, 8" by 10".

Tommy 2

Here's another watercolour of Tommy, the pub cat, curled up in his basket on the end of the bar. I feel this one ended up a bit overworked; maybe I'll have another crack at it sometime.

Watercolour 5" by 7".

Best friend

I've wanted to paint a dalmatian for a while now - who wouldn't? - so here's my first attempt. Another for the dog collection!

Watercolour, 8" by 10".
Reference photo courtesy of photos8.com