Tuesday is painting class day, generally oil or acrylic, but for the time being I am working with artists’ gouache, a water-based medium. It can be reworked, and thus, perfect for practice, quick drying, ease of use, and so on. Also, I can travel light. I don’t need to lift things up and down – I have a heavy cart on wheels for my oil paints – and that is another reason I am currently using gouache. I pulled a muscle in my back and don’t want to push it – the flood did that, so let’s be lazy. Like a cat.
You can see I used the basic elements of proportion and design from Willshire’s book I mentioned in my previous post. Reference photos for ginger cats were used for fur patterns. The ears are a bit wonky and the muzzle is not the best, but this is also my first foray into cat painting in gouache!
After this, I did a silhouette of a cat. While I remembered the overall proportions of a cat, I referred to general sizes and proportions for this view of a cat. I rather like it. Again, gouache.
This painting is less fiddly than the first one, and it was fun to just be expressive about the critter. I like it pretty well.
And now we come to Mr. Grumpy Britches! This is a work in progress and I hope to do more on it later today and post the final painting when it is done. This is a very fluffy, furry cat. Cats just crack me up!
Artists gouache, tan toned multi-media paper.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
I would say that practice made perfect! And I love Mr. Grumpy Britches.