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Dagger-13 — The Sleeper
#acrylics #cat #ginger #kitty #painting #sleeping #taffy
Published: 2015-02-25 07:43:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 1192; Favourites: 102; Downloads: 0
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Finally finished this one after three months of work
I've been so looking forward to the weekends to be able to work on this in daylight! I'm really proud of how it's come out, it's better than I could have hoped (even if I do say so myself 
)My mum had taken a photo of her cat Taffy sleeping on his favourite perch - the back of the sofa - and I thought the lighting was lovely and that it was just yelling to be painted
I've tried to preserve that silvery, light-and-breezy feeling which I liked so much in the photo. I also pushed myself in terms of colour and put a lot of thought into the colours I was using for his fur rather than just copying the original photo 
It felt a lot more natural painting in this way, more true to life - I will be continuing this approach into my future paintings Taffy - First Stage
Taffy - Second stage
Taffy - Third Stage
Taffy - Fourth Stage I + II
Taffy - Fifth Stage I + II
Taffy - Final Stages
12"x16" Canvas
Acrylics and Coloured Pencils
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Comments: 96
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I look at this and I can see his lower jaw now. In the avatar cropping, I could see it, too, but in that little pic it's less noticeable, so I noticed in all the time I spent staring at your avatar that it was easy to become visually sleepy and simply see what little of his lower jaw was showing as more " 3 " in the " :3 catmouth " , making his cat-mouth look even more "3" than it did in real life! 
In this painting, you have captured that light very well. You have also captured two important elements of sleeping cats:
How soft and feels-like-a-cat they feel
How "dead" they look while sleeping
Cats are so good that this!
And you are so good at this, too! ART! 
Also this painting is great because it's a deviation so I can 
16 inches of quality cat right here.
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That's so nice of you to say 
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Thanks very much
And thanks for the 
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Thank you very much!
And thanks for the
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Very beautiful painting! He looks so realistic and cute <3
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Thank you! He is adorable, if a little whiny
Thanks so much for the
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oh wow looks really realistic!
and also just cute 
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Thank you! 
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Thank you
And thanks for the
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You're most welcome!
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And thanks for the
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Thank you very much! I'm glad you think so
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It really is lovely and conveys what a sleeping cat would look like and feel like.
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I've been trying hard to capture a feeling of life in my paintings so it's very gratifying that you think so - thank you
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Well done! One of the best animal paintings I've seen in a while.
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Oh wow, thank you! That's very kind of you to say
And thanks for the
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Excellent watercolor, I love the soft background and the way you did her fur, so beautiful!
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Thank you
And thanks for the
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I thought this was a photograph when it popped up in my ticker notifications! WOW! <3
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Well, thank you very much 
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You are most welcome. I've just recently learned how to do all that jazz so I figure I might as well be an active member, yeah?
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this is the way i feel erverday^^ awesome art. you are gifted!!!! greets from germany, watch,fav and lama are yours
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Thank you so much! I'm very flattered that you think so
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It's acrylics (and a little bit of coloured pencil) on canvas
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OMG! I thought this was a photo, and even then it was sooo cute! Okay, better than the photo.
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Aww, thanks so much! I'm glad you like it
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Thank you
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Aww, he does look cute
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ohhh genial, haces muy bellos gatitos... te quedan genial!!!, manejas muy bien los colores, casi pense que eran realistas..!
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