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"There are two means of
refuge from the miseries of life:
music and cats."
- Albert Schweitzer

 

   

May 10, 2008


Lunch on a Skyscraper: Work in Progress (Completed)

Art season is coming up again! This is the central piece for my two month show. Part of my "Working Class Cats" series. Its a parody of the old photo showing the construction workers having lunch on the skyscraper. Finished size will be 24x30. On Strathmore Vellum Bristol Board with Prismacolor Pencils.

This sketch began as a series of smaller sketches showing each character.   Each was designed to be a different breed and personality.

This is the beginning of building up the character from the initial sketch. I generally work on the characters first, then the background.  Sometimes I don't even have a clear idea of the background... (which is why I have done pieces over several times in the past).  Since this is a parody of the original photo, I had a lot more reference available for the background.

More cats, the faces are the most important, so I worked on getting those right first, before I spent too much time on the clothing.  The little guy on the right has a bottle of Pure Nip under his foot. The Daily Mews reads "Cat Burglar Nabbed"

A close-up of the big gray tabby. MMMM, Burger!

Well, here's the whole gang together. Beginning on the thousands of tiny windows and wondering what possessed me to do this piece.

Here we are with a great majority of the background in place. By this time I was really starting to hate windows!  The background was gone over several times to warm it up and add more depth to everything. The shadows on the sides of the building were strengthened.

Here we are!  Lunch on a Skyscraper.  It is pretty amazing in person! Everyone loves the little mouse that keeps sneaking in my artwork.  Luckily he didn't be come lunch himself!

Here is a close-up of the Mouse, the Gray Tabby and the Maine Coon.

A close up of the Tuxedo Cat (he's just a little dandy), the Orange Tabby with his Mama Cats Take Away and the little Gray stealing a bit of lunch.

Finally the Siamese Cat eating some chow mien noodles and a Calico taking a quick nap.

This print is available in the Big Cat Store in several sizes.

MEOW FOR NOW...


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