One essential tip on painting realistic-looking fur on a tabby cat (or other animals) is to paint the hair in the direction in which they grow. So for each stroke, I make with the brush… I am paying close attention to the direction and length of the tabby cat’s hair.
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Step 1: Toning the Canvas
The first thing I do is prepare the surface with a colored ground. For this, I am going to use Gold Ochre to create a warm brown. I generously dilute the paint with solvent and apply the paint very thinly and translucently so that the white of the canvas still glows through this layer. This light wash will create inner warmth to the entire painting.
Step 2: Drawing The Cat’s Head and Features
After the toned ground is touch dry, I start sketching in the cat’s head and features using a No 2/0 pointed round bristle brush. For this stage, I used Gold Ochre diluted with solvent.
I start drawing the tabby cat by making a horizontal oval shape for the head, I then divide the oval shape in half with a horizontal line and this is the “eye duct” line. I Then create a vertical centerline to align the nose and mouth. I also divide the oval shape into thirds to find the placement of the ears and the pupils of the cat’s eyes. With the cat’s pupils in place, I mark the cat’s eye ducts and eye width using the horizontal centerline. I continued to outline the cat’s features including the nose, mouth, and lay in the body without adding much detail to the drawing.
Step 3: Underpainting Stage
After the initial outline of the cat, I start adding some tone, this will help me refine my drawing and start creating some volume and substance to the forms. For this stage, I mix Gold Ochre with a little bit of the Chrome oxide green to create a neutral brown color.
This initial layer is known as “dead coloring” or underpainting, and it was a fundamental step during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The purpose of this stage is to model the forms and establish your darks and lights without having to worry about color. For this stage, I am using a little bit of solvent without any oil to keep this layer thin and follow the “fat over lean” rule.
