Friday, November 5, 2010

When Good Paintings Go Bad


Original portrait of Orange Peel, 8x10

Final Portrait of Orange Peel, 6x6

I adore orange tabbies and wanted to paint a portrait of my very own Orange Peel. All went well until I started to paint the ruff under his neck - and just kept painting and painting and painting!

And while Orange Peel IS growing his thick winter coat, the portrait made it look like his head was being swallowed by his neck!

I couldn't stand the painting the way it was so I decided to cut it down and focus on Orangie's face. Much, much better!

Orange Peel approves as well.

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