Mum's Baby

25/12/2020 0 Comments

Mum's Baby

Mum's full size portrait of Timmy. I tried to think of something else to paint for Christmas, but why did I bother when this was really what she wanted?

Timmy came into our lives in November 2005. For the first few years, he was treated more or less like a 'dog'. He even slept outside! But from age five, he started to become Mum's baby. He was the little one she'd turn to and seek comfort from. He'd be on her lap the moment she sat down and started sleeping in her bed. He was spoiled rotten and much loved by our family and all of our friends. He saved us from deadly brown snakes and always told us when there was a rat around. He was the best rat catcher, and even taught my border collie Jacob how to do it! Timmy was such a big part of all our lives right up to the day we sadly lost him in August 2020. He had developed liver lesions and he went to sleep peacefully with everyone he loved around him. That was when I decided I first needed to paint him and I signed up to Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art's Animal Masterclass.

I do believe this will the final painting of Timmy for a while, as we all now have a portrait to remember him by.

About the Painting

This painting was based on this image of Timmy in a Christmas photo shoot when he was nine. He had already started to fade. I did start to paint this as the image shows, but it looked silly and was difficult, so I put the colour on Timmy for this painting to capture his full markings. I was originally going to paint him on a yellow blanket, but I stuffed it up big time, so just painted it over green and made grass. I'm very pleased with how this grass turned up, and was able to use the left over paint from Buzz's background to create extra highlights. This painting did give me some difficulties. It took me a while to get it right and I was putting the final touches on him late Christmas Eve and on Christmas morning! Thankfully, I was happy with how he turned out in the end.

Something fun - my colour palette upon completion of this painting!

Acrylic on canvas
40x30cm
Completed 25th December 2020

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Art is a new love of mine. I love creating vibrant, visual pieces of art to brighten up my - and other peoples! - home. While I've always loved being creative with words and dance, I've never been a visual artist. But now, I'm so excited to be exploring this new hobby.

In early 2019, I attended a social paint and sip night in Townsville called Wasted Paint where we are instructed through the basics of a painting. I loved going there, learning new techniques, and seeing the many different paintings that are created by the one prompt. By the end of 2019, I honed everything I'd learned to create paintings for my family for Christmas. Sadly, Wasted Paint was cancelled during the pandemic of 2020.

It wasn't until August 2020 when I picked up a paintbrush again. When my little dog Timmy was diagnosed as terminal and we knew his days were numbered, I decided to do a painting for my mum. It helped me deal with my grief by painting my childhood puppy Timmy at the rainbow bridge where my other childhood dog Dillon was waiting for him. During this, I rediscovered my love for painting and set myself a new goal - to paint Timmy.

That's when I joined Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art's online Animal Art Masterclass. Now, my goal is to paint animals. I also hope to build my skills in landscapes to capture images from my books. And that's the story so far!

So this is just a little blog where I share the paintings I've created.

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