Cat Scratch

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What a handsome boy! You were really lucky to see him like that and the painting is absolutely gorgeous.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Tue 27 Oct 09:10:23

A lovely painting Lin...You were indeed lucky to see him posing for you!!

Posted by Chandra Ward on Tue 27 Oct 15:56:14

All cats love a scratching post - when you're stroking the moggy purring on your lap, just remember that if he were a bit bigger, you'd be inside him.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Tue 27 Oct 19:46:01

just beautiful

Posted by karyl Quigley on Wed 28 Oct 12:01:45

Hang on Studio Wall

26/10/2015

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This is from a recent photo I took at Cotswold Wildlife Park. I was fortunate enough for this lion and his mate to be active when I went. They both posed for photos and rolled and played then this majestic creature walked over to this tree stump, stretched and scratched just like my little puss at home. It was the perfect pose for a painting. I wanted a soft background so that he would stand out so I used pan pastels. I then used Derwent Coloursoft pencils for the focus of the painting, the lion and his post. 'Cat Scratch' A4 Hanbury & York HP paper Pan Pastels Derwent Coloursoft Pencils.

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Lin Goodwin

Lin has always enjoyed expressing herself through words and pictures until life got in the way. In her teens she painted semi abstract dream like sketches inspired by record sleeve art by Roger Dean and Hypgnosis in her bedroom. She again took up Art in 2006 due to poor health and disability and…

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