Posts by Sharon Smith
Painting Cats!
I love the different markings that cats have on their heads. Some of my clients in the past have sent me some pretty adorable felines. I also really enjoy trying to capture the light refractions inside cat eyes. Another thing I find particularly alluring about cats is the way their whiskers glisten in the sunlight.…
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Pears are my go to in times of trouble I don’t mean trouble like, I can’t pay the bills this month trouble… I mean like the kind of trouble writers sometimes struggle with. Writer’s block. You have a deadline and all you can do is stare into space. It happens to artists too. Instead of…
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How to get a good photo of your doggo…
Sometimes it’s difficult to get them to be still for a photo! My sister brought home an adorable Cane Corso puppy about two weeks ago. I was trying to get him to sit still for a photo because he is going to make a great subject for my next painting. Well, with all the excitement…
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Painting a dog’s nose
There is a lot to a dog’s nose If I had to draw a dog’s nose from memory (well, before I studied a few hundred of them), I would imagine it to be a pretty straight forward task. A booper, wet, greyish, black… maybe pink with two nostrils. Definitely bigger than a house cat’s nose.…
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Jynx the cat
This week I am working on a few things in my temporary studio space. I have discovered that Hooker’s green deep hue makes an ethereal background for any subject. I tried it on Jynx the siamese cat tonight. I try to choose darker shades for the background of the subjects with light colored fur. I…
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