Color Cat Studios: acrylic paint

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Monday, May 28, 2018

Artist Palette

Ya know, every now and then I just really love the look of my palette and think it should be a painting. Such is the case today. Happy Memorial Day. Today I will paint a little, we will remember. We will eat, swim and celebrate,and plan to go down to ‘our’ sculpture down on the Waterway to pay tribute to our lost friends. Thank you to all who have served to keep us free and great, and grant us the freedom to plan our days in such a wonderful way.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Golden Acrylics Painter

Well, I guess this makes me a Golden Girl. I did this little piece with Golden’s QOR colors and have to say they’re the best, most highly-pigmented watercolors in the business. Added to that touches of Golden’s fluid and high-flow acrylics to brighten and deepen the whole thing. I like this little piece, and was inspired to paint it the other day on my bike ride. Noting the smashed mulberries on the path, I looked up to behold my afternoon snack. Post snack I took a couple inspiring shots,and here you have it. Mulberry love. Ah... I just named the painting. Mulberry Love. Let me know if you want me to paint your mulberries.

Sunday, March 25, 2018

My Palette

I’m working on a commission right now in blues and golds. The colors are so gloriously beautiful together that even my palette looks good! WhenI get a little further, I’ll be adding the complimentary colors to this,and hopefully soon showing you the painting.

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Turkish tour

Another look at those natural color-sources. I asked about cochineal, because you couldn't just have that on a shelf, and yes, their deep reds are cochineal. It's a South American insect that is a parasite to the prickly pear. Owners deposit them into their fields, and blow them off and collect them once they're big. Then they crush their fat, bloody bodies for a nice, natural, red dye. I'm so happy to report that the rug we purchased has cochineal in it. I'm also happy to report that it's likely in your lipstick and blush, ladies, and if you drink cherry coke - it's in there, too! :)

'My' Chair

At our theatre the other night we had an orchestra meeting after I taught my sets class. After about a half hour, someone pulled me out of the meeting for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone in the room was laughing and pointing to the nice, uh, black leather chair. I had paint on the back of my shirt, and it permanently smeared all over the leather! The last time I went in the office, I noticed that someone had taped up the sign you see here. One way to lay claim to something! Well, it's not the first time, let's see, there's my driveway with many colors of paint, our carpet with Peter Pan green footprints, my car with yellow paint on the seat, my gloves, half of my clothes. It seems like everyone likes my painted clothes, kind of like already-broken-in-jeans. Maybe I should start a clothing line!