"otis" oil painting demo

Today I painted my sweet cat Otis. I changed things up and painted on arches oil paper. It was very absorbent and that gave the painting a bit of a watercolor feel. I started with a very colorful underpainting (my comfort zone) and then did my final layer with many shades of white and grey. My goal, as always was to retain some of the whimsy of the underpainting, keep the spontaneous brushstrokes showing, and stop before overworking the piece. Mission accomplished.

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And see below if you’d like to try your hand at painting sweet Otis and be sure to share with the hashtag #artfriendsxo so I can see it!

my palette

on the easel

the reference photo