Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Backlit Kitten

8.75 x 5.75 watercolor pet portrait on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper; Daniel Smith paints, a daily painting completed this afternoon.  This weekend I shot lots of photos of my cats in windows backlit by the morning sun.  No masking was used to highlight white hair or whiskers.
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1 comment:

Sandra Busby said...

This is what I call a cat with attitude!! An adorable painting :0)

September 6, 2012 at 4:48 AM

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