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Not So Still Life - cat pastel painting by Sandy Byers

 

   

Not So Still Life

 

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"Not So Still Life" was  selected by The Pastel Journal judges as among the Best Art of 2005. The Pastel 100 Competition is an international competition with only 19 works selected in the animal and wildlife category. All winning entries can be seen in the April 2006 issue of The Pastel Journal  magazine.

 

I am expanding my painting horizons; I am working on still life paintings. As you can see from this painting, I was in the middle of  setting up for a compositional study when Biscuit, our precious little tuxedo kitty-cat, decided to help me (the novice). After all, SHE has been painted so many times she probably knows more about setup than I do.

 

This particular setting is in my studio in the early morning. The warm tones give a hint of the sunshine streaming in from the windows to the viewers' left. The early light makes for some nice strong shadows, which I love,  and some brilliant lighting on the tips of Biscuit's fur and on the paintbrush ferrules. Okay, so she is the cutest thing I've ever seen but I really want to try painting those brushes....

 

12 X 24

SIZE

 2004

DATE

PASTEL

MEDIUM 

1200

PRICE

UNFRAMED

FRAMING

SOLD

 

 

 

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