Color Cat Studios

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Chinese Lanterns

Done! This is my third Chinese lantern painting and now I feel I've done everything I want. Pretty much love his one. A closeup...

Another closeup...

Ooohhh.... I love this little section...

Here you are! The entire painting! Love! For sale at

colorcatstudios101.etsy.com

colorcatstudios101.etsy.com. Oh! There it is! Guess you'll have to buy it twice!

Oh, and here is a selfie I took this morning when I stumbled out of bed. Bad hair day.

Feline Assistance

Getting that great feline help with my photography today....

Yep. She's helpful, all right.

After all, SHE is a work of art, too!

Thursday, July 28, 2016

An Artist's Studio

The aftermath of a particularly frenzied spurt of creativity.

Wow. I need to clean up myself, too! This is my work hair. I know. Bad.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

I thought it appropriate to paint flowers named Golden Lace on a background covered in gold! I did the drawing itself in the sweltering 101 degree temps at my favorite nursery, Arbor Gate. Down in the beds with no breeze, I paid for this in sweat, but it was sure worth it.

Just finished! It can be yours at colorcatstudios101.etsy.com. Fresh and breezy, it will put you in your garden, without the sweat!

Man, I love this. Closeups...

If you know anyone needing cheering, this will do it. Satisfied.

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!