Having fun painting a cat the fearless way!
If you are like me, you enjoy painting pictures of animals. I am a lover of all cats, dogs and even wildlife. Over the years I have painted everything from my great danes, birds,my cats and horses. Today's blog is about creating a watercolor painting of a friend's Siamese cat. Here is a photo of my friend's beautiful feline. Following are the steps that I used to create a watercolor painting of her. I hope you enjoy the process! Photo of my subject The most important step is to begin with a good drawing of whatever it is that you want to paint. I drafted my photo image onto my watercolor paper, which I had previously brushed a diluted coat of gesso on. I like to lightly gesso my watercolor paper, because it allows me to do a lot of color paint lifting without ruining my 140lb CP paper. Original photo vs watercolor painting I began my painting process by wetting my paper and than dropping in mixtures of diluted wc paint throughout the wet regions of my paper. I know tha
