P.S.--Big Car Five sounds like a cool jazz quintet playing in a small club. Maybe you should follow up with a painting of that, kind of like the Poker Dogs? :-P
I like it! It's got a definite atmosphere and is really a mood piece. And somehow she looks even sadder or more pensive at night than she did before you put in the night sky. Maybe you should call her Stephanie instead of Stephen.
Oh, and I second the request for a jazz quintet of the cool cats you've been painting—with the moody atmospheric vibe!
I think cheetahs like jazz, especially bebop, but lions like easy listening and tigers, of course, are into heavy metal. I'm just guessing here but I suspect jaguars would be into salsa.
Hmm.... I'm with you on lions and tigers, but I can't see this particular jaguar and salsa. It seems too happy and exuberant for Stephen/Stephanie. I'm still seeing jazz for this cat!
Love the stars and the grass pattern. Like the rest of the cats, a great composition masterfully painted. I love all the patterns. Are you just making up the compositions or are you working from reference sources? This is a great series.
This background is totally made up, In the photo it is all dark blurriness. For things like the spots I make up an algorithm like perelyne green with a splash of perelyne maroon on top of that and a dollop of sepia on top of that, burnt yellow around the sides blending into raw or burnt sienna. If the pattern is looking good, but not so much like the actual spots I go with the looking good option.
Uncle Ken's household hint. For the stars I first put down indigo and ultramarine and when it was dry I took a Q-tip, wet one tip and poked it into the sky, then poked the other (dry) tip into it. Twinkle twinkle little star.
Oh, she looks saddened now. But the starry sky really works and the overall darkness of the background makes her fur just glow. Well done, Ken.
ReplyDeleteOooo--I didn't realize he would be a night jaguar. He looks very thoughful. The blues balance the ochres and greens very nicely.
ReplyDeleteP.S.--Big Car Five sounds like a cool jazz quintet playing in a small club. Maybe you should follow up with a painting of that, kind of like the Poker Dogs? :-P
ReplyDeleteI like it! It's got a definite atmosphere and is really a mood piece. And somehow she looks even sadder or more pensive at night than she did before you put in the night sky. Maybe you should call her Stephanie instead of Stephen.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I second the request for a jazz quintet of the cool cats you've been painting—with the moody atmospheric vibe!
I think cheetahs like jazz, especially bebop, but lions like easy listening and tigers, of course, are into heavy metal. I'm just guessing here but I suspect jaguars would be into salsa.
DeleteHmm.... I'm with you on lions and tigers, but I can't see this particular jaguar and salsa. It seems too happy and exuberant for Stephen/Stephanie. I'm still seeing jazz for this cat!
DeleteHow about a sad Willie Nelson song? Blue eyes crying in the rain?
DeleteOkay, yes, that would work.
DeleteLove the stars and the grass pattern. Like the rest of the cats, a great composition masterfully painted. I love all the patterns. Are you just making up the compositions or are you working from reference sources? This is a great series.
ReplyDeleteThis background is totally made up, In the photo it is all dark blurriness. For things like the spots I make up an algorithm like perelyne green with a splash of perelyne maroon on top of that and a dollop of sepia on top of that, burnt yellow around the sides blending into raw or burnt sienna. If the pattern is looking good, but not so much like the actual spots I go with the looking good option.
DeleteUncle Ken's household hint. For the stars I first put down indigo and ultramarine and when it was dry I took a Q-tip, wet one tip and poked it into the sky, then poked the other (dry) tip into it. Twinkle twinkle little star.