Sunday, February 11, 2007

Polly Paused - version 2

Polly Paused - version 2
14" x 11 coloured pencil on black Stonehenge paper
copyright Katherine Tyrrell

I've continued to work on the picture of Polly, mainly to see how much saturation I can get on the black Stonhenge before I start to lose the surface texture.

I like this version better - but some lemon got in there and needs to come out in the final version. I don't think I'm going to get the impact I want on this paper in relation to saturation and subtlety and need to try a different surface - maybe just a different colour of Stonehenge? Maybe on some Art Spectrum colourfix or Amperdsand pastelbord? We shall see.........

Thanks for all the comments on yesterday's post - especially all the ones saying that this will be a pose recognised by cat lovers. That's my target audience for this one as the SOFA exhibition has a very large mailing list and lots of people who visit (and buy) who adore cats!

All I need to do now is work out what support to do this on and what the next three are going to be about!

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8 comments:

  1. KateSunday, February 11, 2007

    What a beautiful piece! She looks a lot like our cat, Oliver.

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  2. Making A MarkSunday, February 11, 2007

    Thank you Katy - glad to hear she's looking like other people's cats too! ;)

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  3. Robyn SinclairSunday, February 11, 2007

    Stunning, Katherine. I can see why the light attracted you. It is both painterly and authentic at the same time. Even with the concerns you have about it - it looks wonderful to me and I'm sure it will be a winner.

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  4. "JeanneG"Monday, February 12, 2007

    Katherine I really like it. I can't see how you do it tho. All those pencil strokes look like they are wildly put on going in all different directions,but they go together and just look perfect.

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  5. Making A MarkMonday, February 12, 2007

    Thanks Jeanne - it surprises me too at times!

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  6. Belinda LindhardtMonday, February 12, 2007

    I meant to post on this earlier Katherine, this is beautiful i love the treatment it and the wonderful colours. I am not really a cat person but this just makes me want to have one :)

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  7. Making A MarkMonday, February 12, 2007

    Wow - converting people to cats is better than I could have hoped!

    Robyn - I'm so sorry to have missed you in the last post and thanks for your comment. I need to find something of mine you don't like I think! ;)

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  8. LaurelineMonday, February 12, 2007

    I don't know about the need for saturation here, but I do know about subtlety and I think you've got that in spades--- which is perfect for this piece. And, oh, the figure of the cat is sublime, Katherine. Leave it alone---it couldn't be better!
    Signed,
    Ms Opinionated

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