I finally finished the cat portrait!
I was struggling to get my watercolour mojo back after a year of printmaking. I found that I was going through the motions, but what I could see in my head wasn't coming out on the paper.
This meant that I was feeling very grumpy about the whole task. The lady who commissioned the painting must have been able to sense these unsettled feelings. Several times she said she thought she had put too much pressure on me.
I suppose posting this picture last time didn't giver her confidence.
However, as soon as we had made a deadline for the handover, there was some sort of mental changing of gears, and the paint started to do what I was telling it to do.
Once that change had occurred, I fell in love with the process, the excitement was back and I was greedy to continue.
In fact most of the final painting was done in the last couple of days. But I need to go through the process of mental preparation, before I can 'whip up' the final picture.
I am totally stoked with the portrait. I am very proud to hand this over. I will miss it though, I want to keep it for myself!
I am wondering if there might be more than one person who wants a portrait of their pet, wondering if this might be a way to pay for my studio?!
Contact me if you are interested, I will need more money for my trip to Barcelona!!!