"Lizzy-Belle", 6x6, beautiful cats, Paintings of cats, Feline friends, small affordable paintings, original oil paintings, impressionist artist, animal art, daily paintings

 "Lizzy-Belle", 6x6, oil on ampersand panel-$100

I have been unable to paint for months now, due to a back injury. This was the first painting I have done in many months. My back will never be completely healed, but I will continue to try to paint for as long as I can.

I have had many cats in my lifetime; Lizzy Belle was a sweetie. I have been tempted to go to St. Francis cat rescue here in town and check out the rescues there, but I know I will never leave without a cat, and I  know it's not a good time for me to take on a kitty.

Anyway, I was happy to get this little painting completed today. If you would like to bring Lizzy home, just click this link to my website.

Green Bowl, apple and teapot-Value Study

"Green Bowl, apple and teapot"-Value Study-10x8, oil

Tonight I did this simple value study by squinting down to see the values in the subject better. There was no dramatic lighting in the room where I painted this, so the values for the most part lie in the middle range. That was one of the things that we studied in the Clayton Beck portrait workshop that I attended last week. So I wanted to reinforce what he talked about in the workshop since I generally go in the opposite direction and use a lot of contrast in my paintings.

There are benefits to both approaches, but I wanted to work on this a bit.

You can purchase this study through PayPal by using the button below. Please allow a week for the paint to dry sufficiently enough to mail.

See more of my original art at my official website at Maryanne Jacobsen Fine Art.

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