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Zeeland, MI
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Title
Peanut - A Sweet Cat Portrait In Vertical
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Painting - Prismacolor Colored Pencil And Raffiné Watercolor Pencil On Duralar Film
Description
Peanut - A Sweet Cat Portrait in colored pencil and watercolor pencil, by Conni Schaftenaar
Did this to be a Christmas gift to a friend from a photo she had taken of her cat, Peanut. Image used with permission, gave it to her today and discovered that it was not a horizontal photo image (the way it arrived to me), but rather a vertical image - the cat sitting on the window sill, rubbing her face while looking at her mom taking her photo - really made me laugh, and I decided to post the vertical version with its story, also.
This is a combination of Prismacolor colored pencil and Raffiné watercolor pencil - I was trying to get the background area in the upper left to be fairly abstract, and it just wasn't working in colored pencil. So I erased all that I had done in that area (Duralar allows you to literally erase everything - sweet!) and then started using two or three colors of watercolor pencil, wetting the pencil tip, scraping color down, then using a damp brush to manipulate it around. I was much happier with that. Part of the ferns are colored pencil and most of the ferns are WC pencil, activated after putting some color down, again using a damp brush. Then WC pencil on the bricks around the cat. The cat itself is a combo of WC pencil (not activated) and colored pencil, depending on the colors I wanted. You can burnish WC pencil and colored pencil with another color on the Duralar, so there are layers of colors in the cat's fur. The eyes are WC pencil, activated, two colors to get that golden green shade.
2nd place tie in the America's #1 contest, January 2022
1st place tie in the Logo Contest for Our 4-Legged Friends Group, May 2022
Featured in:
The ARTIST BUZzz, December 2021
Trick and Treat of Nature, December 2021
Vertical Images, January 2022
Cat Art, January 2022
Our 4-Legged Friends, April 2022
Uploaded
December 21st, 2021
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Viewed 371 Times - Last Visitor from Cupertino, CA on 05/15/2022 at 8:49 PM
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Conni Schaftenaar 14 Days Ago
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks to the group Our 4-Legged Friends for the feature on 4/30/2022!
Conni Schaftenaar 14 Days Ago
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks, Sarah, and thanks for all who voted this to a 1st place tie in the logo contest! Now we wait to see which one the admin selects to be on the group!
Sarah Irland 14 Days Ago
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Conni, on your 1st Place Win in the New Logo For Our 4-legged Friends Contest for this beautiful painting! Voted.
Gary F Richards 29 Days Ago
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding cat composition, lighting, shading, beautiful color and artwork! F/L voted
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… FAVORITE ANIMAL ARTWORK! Fl
San Francisco Bay Area, CA - United States
Conni, what a beautiful portrait of this sweet cat, magnificent work! Love the endearing backstory, too! F/L
Danville, KY - United States
Conni, my friend, you are only satisfied with …just one choice…BOTH! best to you in contest!
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… KTBUZZZ -LOVE-LIGHT-HEALING HEART - ALL MEDIA WEL...! Fl
Danville, KY - United States
CONGRATULATIONS on your WIN in Americas No. 1 contest!!!…YAY!…SO WELL DESERVED.
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Conni, on your Win in the America's #1 Contest for this beautiful painting! Well deserved - I love it! Voted.
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks, Kay, and thanks to all who voted this to a tied 2nd place in the America's #1 contest!
Martville, NY - United States
What a beautiful painting, Conni! You have captured the sweet face of this cat so beautifully!
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks to the group Trick and Treat of Nature for the feature on 12/27/2021!
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks, Georgia, and Marsha! Marsha, Peanut didn't fool me, the photo her mom sent was the tricky part - it arrived showing up as horizontal! Peanut is as innocent as she is sweet!
Kerrville, Te - United States
You caught Peanut's mischevious nature--shame on her for fooling you into thinking this was a horizontal :)
Danville, KY - United States
Dear Conni, CONGRATULATIONS! Your work has been featured in the Home Page of The ARTIST BUZzz Group! You are cordially invited to POST image embed links for this distinction to the #8. GAs Features Archive Thread in the discussion tab. Thank you for your glimpse of beauty!
Danville, KY - United States
Conni, I LOVE how you get a different FEEL and vibe for the painting in each position!! This “portrait” view gives the lighting a who,e new dimension to the cat’s eyes…her personality as a “coquette” rather than a “sleepy kitty” …it is SUCH a wonderful example of POV…Persoective…and versatility in HOW one views one’s world, creates one’s painting, tells one’s story…i am hoping to see this one in the BUZZ…This is truly AWEsome!!..LF
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