I've done a new cat painting

[Ocelot II]

This is Pixie, my third cat. It's from a photo of her lurking behind a ficus tree.

[tblue37]

1. Very nice. K&R. nt

[AllaN01Bear]

2. nice kitty.:)

what medium may i ask? thanks in advance .

[Ocelot II]

9. Oils. I like that medium because you can fix mistakes easily.

I will probably go back to this one after a bit and fix a few things, like I usually do with "finished" paintings.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. eggscllent job. :)

thanks .

[hlthe2b]

3. Nice

[SheltieLover]

4. Lovely!

Very nicely done!

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Beautiful.

I like the way she’s hiding behind the leaves of the tree. The leaves frame her face nicely and add much visual interest to the composition as a whole. Very nicely done!

[WA-03 Democrat]

6. Love her

Face markings. Beautiful painting! Great job!

[LiberalLoner]

7. Beautiful work! ❤️👍👏

[Sanity Claws]

8. Wonderful

You and your household will cherish this painting long after Pixie exhausts her 9 lives.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. Excellent. You caught her persona.

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. You have a lot of talent for this!

That is a wonderful picture. Pets are among my wife's favourite subjects, although she also enjoys landscapes.

[Binkie The Clown]

13. Nice work. I like it a lot. nt

[CaptainTruth]

14. Nice!!!

[MLAA]

15. Love the behind the ficus look. Beautifully done.

[lucca18]

16. That is really beautiful!

You are very talented!

[blueinredohio]

17. Beautiful. Looks like a picture taken with a camera.

[calimary]

18. That's a painting?

Looks like photographic realism to me!

FABULOUS work!!!

[judesedit]

19. That is really good

[colorado_ufo]

20. Stunning! Love it!!!

[wnylib]

21. The fur is so real looking that I want to pet the picture.

And Pixie's expression is sooo feline. The eyes have a haughty, impish look.

[Karadeniz]

22. I love how you did the fur! When you go back like you said, the right side of her face fur blends in

With the background too much, so her face looks a bit unbalanced. Perhaps a carefully positioned leaf? Pixie was a beauty and I can't believe how you captured her texture... Fantastic!

[Ocelot II]

23. One thing about painting is that

after you've been looking at it for awhile you can't see it any more, which is why at some point, when it's mostly finished, I set it aside for a little while and then come back when I can see what needs to be improved. I agree with your comment, though the detail is better in the original (it's hard to find a good exposure to photograph a wet oil painting because if there's too much light the paint is shiny and if there isn't enough the detail is lost). I will be revisiting that detail and some others in a few days.

Pixie is a beauty. She's part Siamese (I think) and quite fluffy. Right now she's watching a squirrel on the porch but she seems kind of bored.

[Ocelot II]

27. Fixed it a bit:

[Karadeniz]

28. Yes! She's so inviting!

[lunatica]

24. I'm really impresses!

You did a great job! On the cat and on the surroundings. It has a perfect curiosity as well as the way cats will hide a bit to separate themselves yet be able to study that which they’re curious about. I like the warm colors and the green plant and those blue eyes. You did a great job on the fur and the shape of the cat and the alert expression. Thanks for sharing this! It’s a good cat portrait. One of the best I’ve seen.

[Ocelot II]

30. Thank you!

[femmedem]

25. Gorgeous!

[PatrickforB]

26. Beautiful painting!

[GPV]

29. Love it!!

[bif]

31. Very nice!