Peanut - A Sweet Cat Portrait
by Conni Schaftenaar
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12.000 x 9.000 inches
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Title
Peanut - A Sweet Cat Portrait
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Painting - Prismacolor Colored Pencil And Raffiné Watercolor Pencil On Duralar Film
Description
Peanut - A Sweet Cat Portrait in colored pencil and watercolor pencil, by Conni Schaftenaar
Did this to be a Christmas gift to a friend from a photo she had taken of her cat, Peanut. Image used with permission, now hope she loves it!
This is a combination of Prismacolor colored pencil and Raffiné watercolor pencil - I was trying to get the background area in the upper right to be fairly abstract, and it just wasn't working in colored pencil. So I erased all that I had done in that area (Duralar allows you to literally erase everything - sweet!) and then started using two or three colors of watercolor pencil, wetting the pencil tip, scraping color down, then using a damp brush to manipulate it around. I was much happier with that. Part of the ferns are colored pencil and most of the ferns are WC pencil, activated after putting some color down, again using a damp brush. Then WC pencil on the bricks around the cat. The cat itself is a combo of WC pencil (not activated) and colored pencil, depending on the colors I wanted. You can burnish WC pencil and colored pencil with another color on the Duralar, so there are layers of colors in the cat's fur. The eyes are WC pencil, activated, two colors to get that golden green shade.
Honorable Mention Tie Finish in the Holiday 2021 contest, January 2022
Featured in:
The ARTIST BUZzz, December 2021
Created by My Hands, December 2021
Created by My Pencil Power, December 2021
Mix Your Media, December 2021
Non Photography, December 2021
Pet Stories, December 2021
Art - It Is Good For You, December 2021
Beauty in Art - No Photography, December 2021
Mixed Media Art, December 2021
The Artists Group, December 2021
Midwest America Artists, December 2021
Painting Cafe, December 2021
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December 15th, 2021
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Comments (42)
Conni Schaftenaar
thanks, Anna Jo and Elizabeth - and, Elizabeth, I nearly always overshare on what I used, in hopes it may help someone else!
Elizabeth Allen
Your friend will love this. Thanks for the detail description on the mediums used on Duralar. F
AnnaJo Vahle
Enjoyed reading about your process in creating this delightful painting, Conni. Cute subject, beautifully created. f
Gayle Price Thomas
I love love love this piece of artwork Conni. This is so sweet. I love the lazy cat. And the eyes are beautiful!! Colors blend in well very creative. L/F/T
Conni Schaftenaar
Honorable mention tie finish in the Holiday 2021 contest - thanks to all who voted!
Gary F Richards
Cute piece! Stunning Holiday composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L voted
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your artwork on the homepage of The Artists Group,12/23/2021! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
Laurel Adams
Conni, WHAT a difference a day makes!! I LOVE how you get a different FEEL and vibe for the painting in each position!! This “landscape”, reclining view gives the lighting a “dreamy-sleepy” feel to the cat’s eyes…her personality is one of a “sleepy kitty”… rather than her upright pose in her newly posted “ portrait” version which shows her personality as a hide-and-seek “coquette”!! …This is SUCH a wonderful example of POV…Perspective…and versatility in HOW one views one’s world, creates one’s painting, tells one’s story…I am hoping to see this one in the BUZZ…This is truly AWEsome!!..LF
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