"Milk" & "Brownie"

These two fur babies are California cats.  

I envy them living the life in sunny San Diego.  Mostly because 1. I miss living there and 2. we on the East coast have had rain for weeks on end and it's getting old!  The only positive about this weather is that I am making a blog post instead of mowing the lawn and planting flowers which alway's makes me itchy.  

Moving on.... 

I did enjoy painting each one.  The owner sent several pics of both.  Milk has so much white in his fur that it had to be simplified with subtle shadows which is tricky. I really, really liked his blue eyes and so I thought the blue background would make them stand out even more.

 "Milk" 6x8 oil by 

Renee Brennan
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And then here is Brownie.  

He sure was a challenge because his fur is so dark I could hardly see his sweet face or any shape of his body, I finally got a profile photo of him looking out the window.  

He is probably staring at a little humming bird with those big green eyes....at least that is what I'm imagining :)

 "Brownie" 6x8 oil by

Renee Brennan
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Day 25 Itty Bitty Kitty

"Itty Bitty Kitty"

by Renee Brennan

Day 25 of the 30/30 Challenge is Itty Bitty Kitty

yup  another green eyed critter!  

If you would like to adopt this painting, go here Etsy 

Day 21 Ziva

"Ziva" 6x6 oil

by Renee Brennan
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Day 21 of the 30/30 Challenge is Ziva. 

This pose originally had a santa hat on her head but 

I edited the hat.  Luckily I had a couple extra reference

photo's to make sure coloring of her ears were correct.

I loved all of her wispy whiskers and big green eyes!

Day 24 - "Sitting Pretty"

"Sitting Pretty"  6x8 oil

by Renee Brennan
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Another cat for day 24 of the challenge.  Loved the orange fur and big green eyes!

Again trying not to paint every single hair, I grabbed the palette knife for part of the face and whiskers. 

 This image was found on a website called Paint My Photo
from the photographer, Taylor Nicole Demarcy.

Photographers upload images they think that artist's would like to paint, and then post them.
There are so many to choose from.

30 Paintings in 30 Days hosted by Leslie Saeta is on the homestretch.

6 more day's...I need a nap!