Here are a few of my favorite recent quickie-impressions of pets that I’ve painted.  Many of the first-passes were done in 60 to 120 minutes, so they’re much more expressive and direct than my usual painting methods.  Many of these were done from life, and I took a quick photo, too, as none of these critters would sit perfectly still.  ;)  I used the photo to get the drawing & the proportions generally correct, but I used the live model, when possible, to reference their colors & values.