Color Cat Studios

Thursday, April 7, 2016

M C Escher, Relativity

One of my high schoolers is working on #Escher's Relativity. Don't you think we all should do this at least once? Trainingcenterclasses.com. Hisclasses.org.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Commissioned Work

Ahhhh.... A good day's work done on a commissioned #painting. Feeling satisfied.

Painting of Pines for Sale

#Acrylic #painting Breath of Pine for sale, a riot of #color celebration! Colorcatstudios101.etsy.com. Celebrate spring!

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Waves Painting for Sale

Summertime on the brain. For sale, acrylic.

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Hugo Quote in My Garden

I love this quote - very true. God has gifted us, and we are responsible to use those gifts. The picture is a photo of our spring garden.

Training Center Art Classes

Art games. Teaching 'em right. Trainingcenterclasses.com. I'm taking registrations for next school year now! Best art classes ever!

Monday, April 4, 2016

Celebrate with Chrysanthemums!

To celebrate the riot of color progressing through spring, my riot of chrysanthemums! These are mono-prints made with a woodblock I cut. Colorcatstudios101.etsy.com. For sale.

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!