Black Cats and White Cats - Original Oil Paintings by Diane Irvine Armitage

Here are two of three portrait commissions that I have done for Roxane.  Both paintings are very large - 18 x 36 inches!  One is of her black cat Gin and the other of her white cat Sel (which means Salt in French).  I painted these paintings in several stages.  First with an underpainting where I put in a nice reddish brown in the background area so it could peek through in the finished painting.  These paintings were a real pleasure to paint!

 Finished paintings on my drying shelf in the studio.

 

 The painting of Gin in progress ...

 

 And the final painting of Gin ...

 The painting of Sel in progress ...

 Underpainting, then second session ...

 And then the final painting of Sel.

White Cat with Golden Eyes - Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Another white cat for today : - )  This time I used a dark background for some contrast.  I had a few panels laying around and I gessoed them white for my white cat series.  Much easier to paint a white cat on a white ground!  Today's painting is 6 x 6 inches on archival gessoboard.

This painting is available on my ebay auctions HERE.

White Cat Painting Number 3 by Diane Irvine Armitage

I think I'm finally getting the hang of painting these white cats.  I'm happy with today's painting, it has the look I was trying for.  Original oil painting, 8 x 8 inches on archival canvas board.

You can find this painting on my ebay auctions HERE.

White Cat with Green Eyes - Impressionist Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Wow - white cats are much harder to paint than black ones!  I painted a Facebook friend's cat yesterday, a white cat, because I have been wanting to paint some white cats and now's the time to get started.  Today I painted a white cat from Petfinder.  My first attempt today was a wiper, but I stuck with it and am pretty happy with the results.  I am learning new things and that is what painting is all about.  White cats are not exactly white, more of a nice grey in most areas.  Who knew?  More white cats to paint on the horizon!

This original oil painting measures 5 x 7 inches and is available on my ebay auctions HERE.