Watercolor Cats

 

Well, I had hoped to write my second part about the weekend in Ostfriesland (here's part 1), but I unfortunately didn't find the time. The last few days were just busy with all kinds of unforeseen stuff. So I'm turning to some watercolors I made both recently and not quite so recently, but which had never found its way into the blog.

I'm still very much a beginner when it comes to watercolors. I simply don't practice enough and while I'm telling myself that I shoud change that, so far I haven't done it. The cards in the top picture are the result of a class with Laly Mille about "art flow cards". 

One of my dreams has been to paint landscapes with watercolor. This is a first try to paint mountains in the distance and closer by.

The following is from a class, but I cannot for the life of me remember which one it was. It is a couple years ago and I remember that I enjoyed it very much. I was surprised that even a few accidents didn't turn up too bad.

And then I stumbled over a couple cat watercolor classes and I was sold. This first one is the result from the first class. I don't remember the name of the teacher. I later gave it to a neighbor who had gifted me a big bag of her apples (that I turned into apple sauce) - she's the owner of Kibeau, the cat who resides in my backyard.

The second class was by Terry Runyan, and she is a real inspiration. Here are a few of my watercolor cats:

One of Terry Runyan's watercolors I liked so much that I tried to create something similar. Cats from the back are a lot easier to paint!

And here's the real cat - Kibeau lazily lying in my open studio door to the garden while I paint, waiting for me to finally get up and offer him a treat.

Cat faces for Nicole's Friday Face Off today!