Impressionism, or just messy?

Photoshop was awesome for the sketch! But I had to do a lot of fighting with Painter to get the brush strokes looking right. I think I've got it sufficiently satisfactory now, though this is one painting that would've benefited from a real brush & paint. But that would introduce its own load of problems, so oh well!

( Here's how it's looking. )

Kitty #3