First Animal Portrait

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For you first animal painting I think you have scored 10 out of 10 Jan, it's wonderful, no wonder your friend cried. Your gallery is super too.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sat 17 Sep 15:32:35

Thanks so much for the kind comment, Margaret!

Posted by Jan Rossington on Sat 17 Sep 15:39:18

It's a super portrait Jan and a very kind deed.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 17 Sep 16:45:47

Thanks, Fiona... it wasn't really that kind, I partly offered because I wanted to try an animal painting, which I'd never done before...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Sat 17 Sep 16:55:07

fabulous pet portrait!

Posted by Anne Pitts on Sat 17 Sep 20:31:05

This is a wonderful pet portrait, Jan, the cat is very expressive, and you are very skilled in portraits and you masters very well watercolours. Your gallery is fabulous.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Sat 17 Sep 20:38:24

Thank you for the kind comments, Anne and Cesare!

Posted by Jan Rossington on Sat 17 Sep 20:46:43

I don't normally have a lot to say about animal type paintings but just have to comment on this one. He's absolutely lovely :)

Posted by Louise Naimian on Sat 17 Sep 21:56:01

Thanks for the lovely comment, Louise! That's high praise coming from an artist like you - I really admire your work, especially your Manchester cityscapes...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Sun 18 Sep 06:38:04

Lovely portrait and it's only your first!!!!

Posted by Lorraine Paris on Mon 19 Sep 19:08:04

This is really beautiful - I particularly like the eye. Your use of colour in the background just enhances the portrait without detracting from the range of lovely colours in the fur. Well done!

Posted by Fiona Rossington on Tue 27 Sep 15:47:55

Thanks for the nice comments, Lorraine and Fiona! Glad you like the background, Fiona - I always find backgrounds quite tricky...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Tue 27 Sep 17:16:06

Beautiful!

Posted by Amanda Price on Sat 17 Dec 00:38:51

Another very good one.

Posted by mark hutley on Mon 13 Nov 21:16:58

Terrific job Jan. I agree that animals are harder than portraits.

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Thu 30 May 00:46:01

Hang on Studio Wall

17/09/2016

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Some friends had to put down their beloved cat, Winston, a few months ago, and mentioned how they'd love a painting of him. I offered to do a painting as a gift. I showed them the painting today, and the woman cried... so I guess it does look a bit like Winston... I found this very hard - people are much easier to paint in my opinion!

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Jan Rossington

I'm an amateur artist and my favourite medium is oil. I particularly enjoy painting scenes of people using a palette knife. I've got a lot to learn about painting, but my goal is to keep improving. I try to enjoy the process of painting rather than worrying too much about what the final painting…

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