# Cat in soft past on homemade paper
**URL:** https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 25, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442 "2021-02-25T05:24:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@liliansaxby](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/liliansaxby)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/1 "2021-02-25T05:24:24Z")
This was my first ever attempt using soft pastel and pastel pencils and my first furry animal…Well I had to make the paper with clear gesso and used cheap pastels, but iam happy with the end product.
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### Author:  [@MikeinPeru](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/MikeinPeru)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/2 "2021-02-25T15:50:11Z")
I would also be very happy if I had done this! I’m intrigued as to why you made your own paper - and how you did it.
Cheers,
Mike
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### Author:  [@breezy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/breezy)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/3 "2021-02-25T20:37:10Z")
This is lovely, what a beautiful job you did! I just love the fur it looks so real and the eyes are beautiful.
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### Author:  [@liliansaxby](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/liliansaxby)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/4 "2021-02-26T00:23:11Z")
Hi Mike, I had no money to buy pastel paper, but i had watercolour paper and clear gesso. So I just brushed clear gesso over the watercolour paper mixed with a bit of acrilic paint to give a bit of a dark tint and then after dried I sanded it lightly just to get a more smooth surface. The tooth is not very consistent, but it worked.
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### Author:  [@liliansaxby](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/liliansaxby)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/5 "2021-02-26T00:23:42Z")
thank you for your kind words
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### Author:  [@MikeinPeru](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/MikeinPeru)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/6 "2021-02-26T01:08:26Z")
What a clever idea and I doubt anyone will be able to tell.
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### Author:  [@JimB](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/JimB)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/7 "2021-02-26T12:16:29Z")
I cannot have a cat because I am allergic to them, I like cats and would hang this in my house because it says to me “oh you just want to hold me and cuddle me don’t you.?” very good job.
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### Author:  [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/8 "2021-02-26T16:42:58Z")
This is beautiful. I love it. Great job.
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### Author:  [@sterlingsiam](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sterlingsiam)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/9 "2021-02-26T21:43:31Z")
I have cats; I love cats and this one just says: come and get me, I’m adorable. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful portrait of a kitten. You did an amazing job with the fur. The eye (and the reflection) is particularly well done.
Patricia
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### Author:  [@liliansaxby](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/liliansaxby)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/10 "2021-02-27T00:02:56Z")
Thank you Mike. You know, same here, Iam allergic, but I love cats! This one belongs to a dear family of friends. His name is Ziggy.
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### Author:  [@liliansaxby](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/liliansaxby)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/11 "2021-02-27T05:51:33Z")
Thank you for your kind words
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### Author:  [@liliansaxby](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/liliansaxby)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/12 "2021-02-27T05:53:32Z")
Thank you, yes he is a very cuddly looking kitten…too bad iam allergic to cats…😒
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### Author:  [@lilnora](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/lilnora)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/13 "2021-09-22T20:07:52Z")
Love the cat picture, you making your own paper sounds like a great ideal substitute. I use white gesso on all my canvases. Sometimes I should not, then I sand it down.
Lenora
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/cat-in-soft-past-on-homemade-paper/1442/14 "2021-09-22T23:14:07Z")
Beautifully done, especially the eye.