This little white pony is Snowflake. He is a lively character, full of mischief and a sense of fun. I wanted to try and capture the sweetness of his profile against a soft green backdrop with lots of very soft colour in his mane.

Snowflake
10×8 inch oil on board

Todays painting is a tortoiseshell cat rolling on the floor. Torties have such pretty coats, so full of colour and great for a painter. She is perfect for thick, juice strokes of oil paint!

Tortie Upsidedown
10×8 oil on board

Todays painting is a blue Staffordshire bull terrier dog with his yellow ball. He had a lot of fun chasing this ball around and half the time he was too fast for my poor old camera! But luckily he finally tired out and sat down with his toy for a well earned break.

I loved the contrast of the green and yellow against the blues and lilacs in his coat. This is an 8×8 inch oil painting on board. Here’s a close up.

He has lovely eyes! :-)

Cows have great expressions and this black and white cow was staring over a hedge, watching the world go by. I’ve got a thing for black and white animals at the moment and I couldn’t resist painting her. I also loved the blues of the sky and her coat against the the oranges and pinks of her muzzle.

Blue Cow
10×8 inches oil on board

I have just finished this painting of a curious hen. This girl is quite a character, always to be found in the thick of the action and with an endless curiosity about whatever the humans are doing! Always on the look out for something nice to eat or somewhere interesting to perch.

10×8 inches
oil on board

This is Harry, one of my favourite models. And he just loves this pose, draped over the furniture with those amazing eyes watching the world go by.

Here’s a close up

And here he is framed.

10×8 inch oil painting on board.
SOLD

This is Teddy, a magnificent red Maine Coon and one of my favourite cats. I love painting him! His fur is so full of colour.

Here’s a close up detail…

And here he is framed.

Teddy
12×9 inch oil on board

This is the finished painting of Lola. She is a 20×16 inch oil on canvas. She is such a pretty dog I loved painting her and I think I want to do another painting of her soon. There is something very appealing about English Bull Terriers! ♥

20×16 inch oil on box canvas
£640

I am donating Lola to Battersea Cats and Dogs Home to raise money for the work they do helping cats and dogs find new loving homes. So she will be for sale and 100% of the sale price will go to Battersea. A very worthy cause!

This is a close up of the canvas…

You can see many different colours are used in her eyes.

She is painted on a deep box canvas and I’ve painted the edges of the canvas so the painting can hang unframed.

This is Lola, a pretty English Bull Terrier. I asked for models recently on my facebook page and Sarah volunteered the lovely Lola. Isn’t she adorable? She was perfect for an idea I had in mind. I want to paint black and white models on a red background. So I’m going to paint Lola on a large 20×16 inch canvas with a red ground.

I also thought I’d try an take photos all the way through the process so you can see the growth of the painting.

This is the sketch on the canvas.

Here is the under painting. I’m using transparent red iron oxide for the under painting. Its a lovely rich warm colour.

more to come soon.

It’s taken me a few days but I’ve finally got the photos from Bromley sorted out and up op on flickr!  Here they are….

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Cats, Dogs and Other Animals is on at The Ripley Arts Centre until the 28th of August.