Water Color of Blonde Girl and Her Adoring Cat Pumpkin

This is a watercolor that I

just finished. The girl and her adoring cat!

There is something comfortable about

painting with watercolors, they always

make me feel at home for some reason.

My grandmother painted with oils

and I really love the smell of oil paint

but working with them doesn't give me

that warm fuzzy feeling that it must have given my

dear grandmother. So, to each his own I say!

Vive la differance!  

I do appreciate your comments and find

it very interesting what different

aspects of the painting that people notice. :)

Thanks!!

 Picture of my kitty Cosmo with a new cartoon 

cat and dog carving. I think I am going to have to do a series of these cute little critters. My son is the artist on the originals, and I the interpreter! :)

Penguin custom carving with the name Montana. This one was so much fun to design and carve! I love special requests.

 I am sure this one is difficult to figure out, so I will tell you...it is a carving of a bottle of nail polish! Printed in any color you like, how fun is that?

Here again, Cosmo helped me out by being my easel.

Nice little hand carved Siamese Cat. Another nice thing about the NZCut carving material is that the ink color slightly stains the white and makes the carving look pretty, too!

Hello. Wanted to post a few of the FUN things that I have been carving. I have been using NZCut from stampeaz and really think that it is THE BEST carving material that is available. I like the firmness and durability of the surface. Also the fact that the back side is so shiny and slick that it will stick to my clear acrylic blocks without any adhesive. Takes ink well, too. I lightly sanded the front before using. I like the fact that it is white, designs transfer easily and can be seen nice and clear. I would highly reccomend trying this newer product from stampeaz.com. The price is very reasonable as well!

Felted wool bag, Mimbres Cave Cat

Made this Wool bag with a cat design

needlfelted onto the front.

Black and gray with ivory, all details are done 

with the needlefelting technique.

The design is based

on an old cave drawing from the Mimbres people that

used to exist in the S.W. part of the United States.

The bag is large and also has leather accents, as

well as a horn button, from deer antlers that 

are shed naturally. Lined it with a cream

colored brocade fabric.

Leather Pyrography

Leather Pyrography

Using suede , I burned an

image  of a little kitty.

This medium is so 

soft and delicate to work on,

and the results are nice.

Might make a little pillow 

out of it.

Number 18 in the series.