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Class Description

Bring personality, softness, and sparkle to your canvas with this charming cat portrait class. "Painting a Cat Portrait" guides you through the essential techniques for capturing feline features with realism and expression—without getting lost in every tiny detail.

During the Class You Will Learn:

🎨 Vibrant Color Use: A subtle but powerful method for using opposite colors to enhance vibrancy and depth.
🐾 Realistic Fur: How to suggest soft, layered fur without painting every single hair.
👁️ Glossy Eyes: Techniques for making eyes shine with life and expression.
🎯 Delicate Whiskers: How to paint clean, natural-looking whiskers that don’t overpower the face.
✨ And More: Expert tips to elevate your pet portraits with ease and confidence.

Ideal for beginner to intermediate artists, this class focuses on building practical skills that will carry over into any animal portrait you create.

Join now and learn to capture the soul of your feline subject in just a few brushstrokes!

You Will Need

  • 16"x20" (500mm x400mm) Canvas or similar
  • These paints: Titanium White, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, French Ultramarine, Viridian Green, Raw Umber
  • Set of bristle brushes
  • 1/4" (1cm) Soft filbert brush
  • Painting medium
  • Rigger brush
  • Fine liners