Counting the spots - WIP

neopastel and neocolor II on black card

Took some photos while painting it.

The original is available in my Etsy shop

cards, mugs, bags etc with this kitty are in my Zazzle shop

Exotic and hip

Gorgeous exotic shorthair kitten in a fancy hat

ACEO (2.5 x 3.5 inches)

oil pastel on black card

The original is available in my Etsy shop

To purchase an Iphone skin, mouse pad, cards etc with this kitty

please check my Zazzle shop

Little witch and black kitten

oil pastel ACEO (2.5 x 3.5 inches)

on auction in my Ebay shop

postcards, magnets, shirts etc with this imag

are available in my Zazzle shop

Gracefull Tabby portrait
Media: oil pastel on black card
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)

Original is sold

Available as 5x7 prints in my Ebay and Etsy shops

To purchase a T-shirt, mug, magnet etc with this image
please check my Zazzle shop

Little Seashell in a cosy blanket

coloured pencil on a black card

2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)

NFS

This drawing got "Today's Best award" from Zazzle on the 24th of June!

To purchase postcards, stamps, T-shirts etc with this image please check my Zazzle shop.

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A portrait of a very courteous kitty in a fashionable bonnet
Media: oil pastel on black card
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)
Approx. 6.3cm x 8.8cm

Sold

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Name: Little Kitty and a very suspicious Easter egg...
This painting is #4 in Little Kitty's Adventure series.
Media: oil pastel on black card
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)

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Little Kitty in Zazzle and Cafepress

Name: Gorgeous black kitty in a sun hat
Media: oil pastel on black card
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)
Approx. 6.3cm x 8.8cm

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please check My Cafepress or Zazzle shop

Name: Am I in trouble? - Little Kitty painting the wall.
This painting is #3 in Little Kitty's Adventure series.
Media: oil pastel on black card
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)
Approx. 6.3cm x 8.8cm

Available in my Ebay shop

Little Kitty in Zazzle and Cafepress

Name: Little Kitty making friends with butterfly
This painting is #2 in Little Kitty's Adventure series.
Media: oil pastel on black card
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)
Approx. 6.3cm x 8.8cm

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To purchase cards, magnets, postage etc with this kitty

please check my Zazzle or Cafepress shops.

Someone lucky enough got Little Kitty as a birthday gift.
This painting is #1 in Little Kitty's Adventure series.
Media: oil pastel on black card
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)
Approx. 6.3cm x 8.8cm

Currently for sale in my Ebay shop

To purchase a card, magnet, mug etc with this kitty
please check out my Cafepress or Zazzle shops

To blow or not to blow...

Gorgeous black kitty enjoying the sunshine on a hot summer day.

2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)

oil pastel on black card

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As a reference for this painting I used a photo of Camille, Monique's pet

that you can find here (thank you, Monique!).

You can also find this kitty in my Cafepress shop or Zazzle shop.

Homeless kitty hiding in a rain pipe

oil pastel ACEO

Available in my Ebay shop

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High flyer

Little tuxedo kitten travelling on a hot-air balloon.

Oriignal oil pastel ACEO painting.

Currently on auction in my Ebay shop.

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of mice and cheese and woken kitty...

original oil pastel painting

This black kitty was inspired by kitty27's Brody from flickr (click me) - thank you kitty!!!

To purchase mugs, postage stamps, shirts, magnets with this kitty please take a look at my cafepress shop or my zazzle shop

Where is my food?

oil pastel ACEO

The reference image for this kitty was photographed by eliazar from flickr (click me). His critter was so cute that I just couldn't resist painting him!

White kitty

oil pastel ACEO

The reference photo for this painting was taken by Sherry from flickr (click me). Thank you, Sherry!

These are my recent paintings

All of them are ACEOs - 2.5 x 3.5 inches

They all can be found in my Ebay shop

Yourkshire puppy

Chihuahua
Bunny rabbit
Exotic kitten and mouse

Tabby kitten playing with wool - free oil pastel painting tutorial

original oil pastel ACEO

ACEO prints of this painting are available in my Ebay or Etsy shops

To purchase a T-shirt, mug, magnet, stamps etc take a look at my Cafepress or Zazzle shops

Step-by-step instructions or how to paint this kitty in oil pastel:

Materials used: 1. neocolor oil pastels by caran d'ache

2. cray-pas (sakura) expressionist and/or junior artist oil pastels

3. a small sheet of black card (this particular painting is 2.5 x 3.5 inches, but you can try any other size that you feel comfortable with)

4. very sharp black, brown and white prismacolor pencils (or any other good quality pencils)

Step 1. Outline your kitty with white pencil. Make sure not to press it hard as this can damage the surface of the card and leave marks. If you are unhappy with some lines do not erase them as this can also damage the surface of the card and pastels would not layer in the same way on such spots. Instead lighty cross out the lines that are wrong and put in new ones.

Step 2. Take white neocolor OP (oil pastel) and paint all the light bits of your kitty. I always start with white as I work on a dark surface. Take brown, yellow and orange neocolors and paint where those colours are dominant. At this stage of work do not get carried away by trying to put smaller details, just put in basic spots of colours.

Step 3. For the eyes - take black and generously outline contours. Use light blue neocolor for the insides and then apply blue cray-pas OP to create blending from black to light blue. You can keep adding more black or light blue neocolor OPs and blue cray-pas and keep blending until you are happy with the result. With black cray-pas OP put in the pupils. Take white neocolor and add sparkle. You can also lighten up some light blue around the pupil by gently tapping the white over it.

Step 4. For the nose use salmon pink neocolour and a few spots of dusky pink or purple and then white. To gently blend it use light pink cray-pas OP, however make sure that your strokes are tiny as you don't want to mix all four colours in one mess!

Step 5. Now you can use black pencil to define nose and mouth area.

Step 6. Now that neopastels have settled a bit you can use cray-pas OPs over the fur to define it with thin stroke take shades of dark brown, orange, and white and with gently but firm strokes follow the direction of the fur.

Step 7. For the wool use black cray-pas to outline the thread, then use turquoise cray-pas (or any other colour of your choice) in between the black lines. Take a very light shade of turquoise neocolor and with gentle strokes define the texture of wool.

Step 8. Using VERY sharp black, brown and white pencils define the fur. Put in a few dots on kitty's cheeks with dark brown neocolor. Use sharp white pencil to define whiskers. You might need to go over them several times to ensure visibility.

FINISHED PAINTING: These are my first oil pastel step-by-step painting instructions. If you found them useful please leave your comment. Thank you for looking.

Tanya BOND

Homeless kitty

oil pastel ACEO

can be found in my Ebay shop

painting in progress