Tried to paint a human for a change.

[Ocelot II]

It's from a photo, I can't imagine trying to paint someone I actually know. But at least there's a also a cat.

[The Magistrate]

1. That's Very Nice, Ma'am

I'd no idea you were a painter.

[Bayard]

2. Very nice!

I really like your treatment of shadow.

[WheelWalker]

6. I agree. "The Shadow knows"

[Docreed2003]

3. I think it's incredible! Love it

Love the contrast in light and the colors you chose. Just beautiful!

[WheelWalker]

4. I agree. Very nice. I am particularly drawn

to the painting of paintings in your painting.

[Karadeniz]

5. WOW!!!!

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. My efforts on human painting - not so impressive

[lunatica]

20. LOL!

I love it! You caught the perfect personality traits!

[LoisB]

8. This is excellent (IMHO). The detail on the woman is fantastic (like the medial malleolus on the

right leg).

[sinkingfeeling]

9. I like the perspective.

[Srkdqltr]

10. Wow . you are really good.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. That's really good! Both the human and the cat!

I can't draw or paint at all...

[lucca18]

12. This is so beautiful!

You are so talented! I love it!😍

[dflprincess]

13. I'm impressed

I wish I had this talent.

[calimary]

14. Beautiful!

VERY nice work, Ocelot II!

One could look at this for hours.

[LiberalLoner]

15. Brava, truly gorgeous work!

👍👏👏👏

[Haggard Celine]

16. I'd hang that on my wall.

Very good!

[Ocelot II]

17. Thanks for the kind comments, everyone.

I have avoided people as painting/drawing subjects (I tend to avoid them in general) because it's really hard to get all the proportions right and to make the eyes point in the same direction. I consider this painting to be only semi-successful but I'll try again sometime.

[lunatica]

18. You did great!

You worked and highlights and shadows well. And you caught a mood, or maybe you created it. It’s not easy to paint a likeness from a photograph but I imagine you did a good job recreating the photograph.

Your colors are rich and luxurious as always and make your lady look lovely and dynamic. The cat is there to tell a story as you depict in the lady reaching out to pet it. So there’s a story there which always makes artwork more interesting.

Your lady and the cat are well done and can simply be something you added in an abstract way, out of your head rather than a model or real person.

I like it a lot.

[bif]

19. Success!

You nailed it! When I try to draw/paint humans they look like they were done by a 4-year old! Such talent! I'm supremely jealous!

[MLAA]

21. This is extraordinary!

The textures are great, I feel like I could touch the sofa and it would feel velvety. I could pull a book from the shelf and the cat would look around to see which I’d selected then show no further inrtest.

[Diamond_Dog]

22. That's fabulous!

Your light, composition, and rendering are wonderful. I’m not nearly brave enough to try painting people yet.