Miss Kitty

8 x 8, pastel

Miss Kitty loves lying in the sunshine and greeting customers at our groomers. Those dogs do not mess with her. I'm thinking she rules the roost. Her eyes are gorgeous, sort of imploring you to pet her. She is one fluffy kitty, as well, with different colored eyes!

Getting excited about the IAPS convention in Albuquerque, so many wonderful pastel artists in one place!!

Rockport Cat

Rockport Cat

7 x 7, watercolor

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My quilting friends and I try to go on a retreat twice a year and this is the resident cat. We stay at the Retreat House, just a fabulous set-up for quilters. I am not a cat person but this one was pretty friendly and visited routinely for several years. 

Variation #6

Variation #6

6x6, pastel

 

 

Well, this pastel has been totally scraped off and reapplied and even now the pigment is thick. I am working on these to learn, but the original one was a disaster. Really, do not think this is much better, The colors shown on the monitor are not true to the original, but I am at a loss to remedy that situation. The plan was to stay in one area of the color wheel, but think I strayed too wide.

 

When I finished messing with that, another landscape was begun, cypress on the Guadalupe River. It is progressing much better. Still struggling with having a heavy hand, too much pigment too soon. So much to learn, and put into practice.