Color Cat Studios: masks

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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Wear Your Mask!

What is that crazy woman doing anyway with all these cats?’ Well, I’m glad you asked. I am printing the daylights out of these masked cats because tomorrow I’m going to start giving them away!

Yay - free art! Keep an eye out for tomorrow and in the meantime, WEAR YOUR MASK! This is an original print I made from a block that I carved. Each one is different.

Which one do you like best? They definitely all have their own character - color means so much!

This last one is printed on color-changing shimmery paint. Yummy!

And don’t forget, as we start opening up - keep your distance and stay healthy. Wear that mask!

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Tiny Art, Artist Trading Cards

Teeny Tiny Art Time! Wow! Can you believe it’s finally back? This little piece is only 2 1/2”x3 1/2” in a series of four masks I created. I’ve shown it with some bullet casings for size. As we’re back in school and I’m an art teacher, my time is broken up and I don’t have as much time to create. Looking at my past work and creating small inspires me, then I’m off to big stuff again! Plus, I LOVE artist trading cards!

If you’re interesting in trading Artist Trading Cards, let me know.

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!

Color Cat Studios

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Wear Your Mask!

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Tiny Art, Artist Trading Cards

I snapped this cool photo in a sewing shop.

Seussical Sets Truffula Trees