Portrait of a Japanese Bobtail

In case you did not get a full sense of Suzu the cat in the last painting, here is her portrait.  She is so adorable, funny and cuddly.  Bodhi the dog is so used to her now, I might go as far to say they are friends. We are so lucky she needed to be adopted just when we needed her.

Suzu - Stage 3

In Stage 3 I added more of the dark, medium and light tones in the body, face and ears.  I added features to the nose, mouth and eyes and then painted in the red background.  I even signed it but there is something not quite right about the face.  I will have to revisit her face in a final stage to see if I can adjust whatever it is that is bugging me.  Usually, when I leave a painting overnight and come back to it, I either love it after all or see what needs to be worked on.  Until tomorrow!