Reference Picture and SketchesMy inspiration for the piece came from Izzy's expression. To me she resembled an angry animal terrorizing whatever. When in reality she was just yawning. In Progress PictureIts safe to say I will probably never draw fur again unless I have too. Final PieceThis piece was my way of taking a project I did not want to do and making it my own. I was rather disinterested in drawing my cat and I looked at it as tedious and believed the theme of the project was not my style. However, upon shuffling through old pictures of Izzy and believe me I have a lot, I found a picture I took of her yawning and thus my creative juices began to flow. I decided to break out of my oil paint comfort zone and instead make a mixed media piece. I wanted to make something fun and light hearted, a huge contrast to my portrait and to be honest, I went into this piece with little to no plan at all.
To start the piece I drew Izzy on tan-toned paper with prismacolored pencils. I then took a piece of illustration board and covered it in newspaper, next I laid down two different cut out city silhouettes, cut and pasted Izzy down, and lastly pasted down a third little city silhouette in the front. After everything was glued down I painted the buildings with acrylic paint, and the background with watercolor and a little bit of gouache. The fighter jet was a last minute add on and was drawn with prismacolored pencils. Overall I am satisfied with my pet portrait. I am glad I didn't oil paint the piece, but instead stepped out of my comfort zone. I am also thrilled about the uniqueness of this piece. However, I wish I could redo Izzy's fur and whiskers and use a little more realistic color scheme. I got lazy in making the texture of the fur and it definitely reflects in my piece.
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