Two Kitties

I finished the first of the two cat portraits I'm posting in just about four hours, and the second in about six. I loved creating both of them, although I'm partial to the yellow tabby. He is just so cute! I have posted both of them on eBay; link to them by clicking on the picture! I'm off to create a new portrait!

The Dog Show

Well, I got up early this morning, woke my youngest child, and we went to the Charleston Kennel Club dog show. We saw lots of great dogs; I took some pictures, but not too many turned out that well. The camera was slow, and the "great shot" I thought I had didn't take until the dog had looked away. The outside shots were better; I thing the camera is slow when you have to use the flash. I might go back tomorrow, but it is supposed to be colder, and I wanted to go when it was not so cold.
I started another 5 x 7 portrait for my eBay sales; it is a tabby cat. I figured I'd better get some practice in if I'm going to do this commission for my friend. It is turning out really well, and I will post it once I'm finished.
I got chastised at the dog show by my daughter, because I wouldn't give out my business card to anyone. She let me know how many opportunities I passed up to talk to people about my art, and how I should just hand out the cards to everyone. I did manage to give out 5 of them, I guess this is something I will have to work on if I plan to make art and commissions my life's work. It's not that I'm shy or anything, I just find it hard to talk to strangers about my art when they aren't actually looking at it. I will have to get to where I can just go up to a total stranger and say "Hi, I'm Anita Putman, and I'm an artist."

Eleventh in the Series

I finished the eleventh portrait in my Hide-away series, called "Paper Pusher". It is a tuxedo cat, with his head poking out of a bed of shredded paper. I think it is pretty cute! One more in the series, and then it's back to random stuff. The series has taught me how to work on a schedule, and how to keep within a theme. I will probably do another series, but I'm not sure when or what theme I will follow. This one is currently on eBay, and I did sell two more portraits in this series!

Number Ten in the Series

I finished the tenth painting in my Hide-away series for eBay, titled "Snug as a Bug". It is a beautiful tortoise-shell cat, rolled up in a cream rug. I love the eyes on this one! Green as can be, they are really set off by the many colors of this cat. I will begin number eleven tonight; it is a tuxedo cat hiding in shredded paper. A real challange! I can hardly wait!

Nine and counting...

Just finished and listed "Jungle Cat", the ninth in my Hide-away series of cat portraits I'm currently selling on eBay! I really got "in the mood" over the weekend and finished this one up in about a day. I'm so into it now, I've already got number ten lined up in my head and will be starting on it tonight. The next portrait will be a tortoise shell, rolled up in a rug. Can't wait to get it started, so I'll be sketching it out tonight, and will probably start laying in the color. Catch you later, and I'll post my latest, as well as the next one as soon as I have it completed!

Been a While...

Sorry I haven't kept up with my blog. As you know, I was working on quite a bit of wildlife art, in the hopes of being accepted into the Southeaster Wildlife Expo. I was not accepted. The work I submitted was good, or at least I thought it was good; however, I didn't send good, quality jpg's as I should have; I had a hard time writing them to disk, and ended up taking crappy photos to Wally world to have a CD made. That and the fact that I am a "local" artist probably killed it. I have all the equipment to get quality photos downloaded to CD now. I will not make the same mistake again, and yes, I will try again next year. I don't have to pay an additional jurying fee, it is a one time deal, so that's good. But being denied really got me down, and I haven't created much wildlife art since. Instead I have been creating little 5 x 7 portraits of cats and kittens to sell on eBay. So far I have sold 3 out of 7, but someone is watching another, so maybe it will sell. I decided to do a series, which is called the "Hide away" series, where all of the cats/kittens are in, under, or behind things. They start out at $1.99 each, and that's all I've gotten for one so far. If you are interested in checking them out, type in AMP under search and see them. I'm pretty sure I'm the only AMP out there, but you might get some funky electrical stuff in your search! I'll post a few here later so you can check them out! And if you would like to see what other wildlife art I've done, see my website, www.putmanartstudios.com.