My KleeKat -- drawn with pencil and then watercolored.

Another of my playful cats -- this one hangs in my bathroom which is decorated in a cat theme. I have a very hefty cat named Muffin who has grown too lazy to play so this was a fitting "portrait."

When I was taking water color lessons from Bill Tippie, he suggested we try something new and we painted 3 or 4 whimsical cats. Mary, at the Damselfly shop, loved this one and has it in her shop to sell.

Mixed Media Cat -- this month's lesson in modern art cats. I found a painting in a cat art book and we tried to do someting similar. Bill's, of course, turned out much more realistic and not as weird looking as mine. I want to try this again but it was so much fun because we used water colors, water color pencils, acryllics, waterproof pens and then I came home and added more wc pencils and Sharpie pens.

This class with Bill was so much fun and I think what started me on the road to wanting to do a series of abstract cats. Bill taught me this a few months ago. First we drew our cats on 300 lb. water color paper with a nice rough bumpy finish. Then we wet the canvas all over. While it was still wet, we dropped paint onto the canvas from our brushes; then added more and then more, varying the colors. Then dried it with a hair dryer. Then we used permanent black pens and started outlining the color, wherever it changed shades with wiggly little lines. It was fascinating. I opted for a calico cat. Bill has made some great paintings this way, "finding" all kinds of things in the drawings -- fish, flowers, and so on and then augmenting the painting with drawings of his own. This is so much fun.

My second Katkinsky created this week. I don't like him
as much as the first one but this was one done in two
hours or less and took on a life of his own!

I have embarked on a series of Arty cat paintings in my monthly watercolor class. Never having liked abstract paintings, I find that I now am enthralled, enthused and captivated! One of my favorites is Kandinsky and here's my first arty cat: Katdinsky.







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