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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Herding Cats and Slogging Paint







I made myself sit down and finally do some drawing on the cats. Some I did free-hand from the photos, others I used a grid over the photos on the computer screen. They were difficult - the photos were not the best for gleaning information. I think I had my nose almost pressed to the computer screen at times to see! But it's a start.

Masked, then wet-in-wet with indanthrone blue.

Again wet, and drizzled on some quin. rose and quin. gold from the top.


In hindsight, I probably should have left it at this stage for background darkness.

I did a pour-drizzle from the top onto wet paper, using a mixture of indanthrone, quin. rose and the gold...



... let it dry, then painted islands and two small fishing boats in the distance. The closer seiner is yet to be done. I'm not sure if I like it or not - it's rather dark.

In the world of Horse, I had a set-back with Bruno. We were out in the park a week and a half ago, and he thought he saw a leaf making a move to attack. He dropped under me about six inches, and spun like a dervish. I flew off his back, and slammed down partly into a soft ditch, but managed to crack my head onto hard-packed gravel. He hadn't taken off far, so I got him, took the reins and walked him back to the start of the trail so I could use the mounting block. And we did the trail again, this time with no accident. I was stiff and sore from the landing, and later started getting very dizzy and nauseated, so I must have received a fairly decent concussion. I have tried to take it easy, but I'd like to start riding again next week - going squirrelly without my dose of horse!

That's it for this week. Thank you so much for dropping by!


10 comments:

  1. Yikes - we're so glad that you're okay, Miss Kathryn! Your kitty drawings are just beautiful.

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  2. What a great cat sketches, Kathryn! Sorry to hear about your fall, it really sounds like a concussion. I hope you are getting better soon.

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  3. Sorry to hear about your fall Kathryn. The cat sketches are fantastic and some of those characters look quite grumpy. lol. ;-)

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  4. Oh Kathryn - sounds like you took quite a fall. Hope you are recovering. I know that riding can be so dangerous. Love your kitty drawings. Just found some of my own kitty faces when I was cleaning out my studio today. Cats are hard to capture. Think you have done a super job. Well take care and give Bruno a hug for me.

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  5. Those cats are fabulous. I also need to do a lot of sketching but somehow never get down to it. And yes these horse falls can be bad. Take care and get well soon.

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  6. I hope you're recovering from your fall ... Bruno was just reminding you that you can never really relax no matter how well you know your horse ... thankfully my Roxy only ever dumped me onto soft muddy ground!

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  7. ouch!!! leaves can be scary ;)

    the cats look great, couldn't tell they were from bad photos :)

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  8. KATHARYN YOU'VE GOT SOME WONDERFUL CHARACTERS THERE ..BEAUTIFUL SKETCHES ...HOPE YOU ARE ON THE MEND

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  9. Oh those cats are fantastic! I just love their expressions!! Fabulous drawings! :0)

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  10. Love the cats. Kathryn! Think my favorite is Muffy...
    I am so sorry to hear of your nasty fall with Bruno.. I hope you are on the mend.
    blessings,
    Penny

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