Artist's Palette

Simple Pleasures

MATERIALS

• Reference photograph.
• Canvas (30 x 40 cm).
• Artists’ acrylic paints.
• Impasto Gel Medium.
• Palette knives of different sizes.
• Spray bottle (one that produces fine mist).
• Some brushes for fine work.
• Varnish.

I find the combination of cats and flowers irresistible. My own cat has proved a most capable model in many of my paintings, due to her

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