This is a portrait of my cat Toby. He and his sister were the first two pets that my wife and I had as adults, and they were both extremely important to us. Toby was the most loving boy ever, and I miss him dearly.
This painting was an experiment with underpainting in watercolor, which while it is a thing I absolutely adore, I usually forget about until I’m well into the painting itself. It’s such a fun technique, and it ends up unifying the painting, and giving you a strong value structure to work on from the outset.