Custom Black Cat Portrait Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

Today's black cat portrait is Jane's adorable Pepsi.  I have been wanting to paint this cute face since I saw Pepsi's photo on my Facebook page.  If you would like a custom 8 x 10 inch portrait of your black cat, just click on the Email Me button on the right on my blog!

Gaia the Cat with Catitude! and Two Paintings of Lucky - Cat Portraits by Diane Irvine Armitage

I have been working away on a series of custom cat portraits for some really nice people.  Today's painting is of Melissa's Gaia.  This is a cat with serious catitude!!  I absolutely loved painting this cutie - what a face!!  I found that this painting came out more in the style of the Marmalade painting, I think mostly because it was not painted alla prima (all at once).  The first session was getting the canvas covered with the right colors and values and then I blended everything to get really soft transitions.  The second session was putting in the mid-tones and highlights and doing all the fun sketchy brushwork.  Another thing I like about letting the underpainting dry is being able to go in on the background and put one color over another.  This background started out dark and then I put the golden tones over that, leaving a little of the dark to show through here and there.  Anyway, I really like this one :-)

 As you can see, Gaia is a real character!!  I understand that she has a Twitter following :-)

 

Another cat I painted recently is Carla's Lucky.  Lucky was an adorable black cat that, sadly, recently passed away.  Carla had me paint two portraits of Lucky as a surprise present for her husband.  I loved trying to capture Lucky's sweet personality!

 

More black cat portraits are on the way!!

Cleopatra - Black Cat Commissed Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

The lovely Cleopatra is the model for today's black cat painting.  I just love the look in her eyes!  This pose reminds me of a much sketchier painting I did about a year ago.

 

Custom Cat Portrait Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

A few of my latest black cat portrait commissions.  I have a big long list of portraits to do!  So wonderful :-)

First there is Roberta's Felix.  A very dapper black kitty!  I really liked the pose on this one and the shape of the eyes - very fun to paint.

  Next there is Danielle's dashing cat Dastan.  A romantic gentleman-type kitty!

The Lovely Annabelle - A Custom Cat Portrait in Oils by Diane Irvine Armitage

I am so lucky to have a lot of commissions to do custom cat portraits this week!  Thanks to a video that Chris from Cole & Marmalade posted on YouTube and Facebook, the video has generated a lot of interest in my painting!

Today's painting is for Stacy, a portrait of a very lovely black cat named Annabelle.  Annabelle's eyes were the most amazing color.  With greens and a beautiful blue, just amazing.  I very beautiful cat to paint, what a pleasure!

Tuxedo Cat Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

I have three tuxedo cats - the house is full of them!  So I am always inspired to paint a tux cat and today was one of those days.  Original oil painting on archival gesso board measuring 8 x 10 inches and available on ebay HERE.

Here are a few tuxedo cat paintings I have done in the past.

 

 

Black Cat with Voodoo Eyes - Original Oil Painting by Diane Irvine Armitage

I have been getting great feedback on my new, softer painting technique.  I get much more dimension with the softer approach.  The emphasis is on the eyes with this painting!  Very mysterious, ready to put a spell on you!  This original oil painting of a black cat measures 10 x 8 inches on archival gesso board.  It is available HERE on ebay.