Step 1. I started this piece when I was still working with my watercolor teacher. At her suggestion, I started with a combination of new gamboge and cobalt. At this stage, there is the new gamboge layer, then a green layer with salt. Step 2. At this point, I considered the piece done, but I was unhappy with the way the new gamboge overpowered everything else. Also, the color simply does not scan well, so…
Late last night, (or technically, would that be early this morning?), Mayhem discovered my secret stash of kitty treats and catnip mousies. Yep, I’d been holding out on him. I plucked a few things out of the clearance bin last time I went to the pet store and was saving them later. (After all, cats don’t care if the mouse is Christmas colored, as long as it has catnip in it, right?) Well, later apparently…
– Spring seems to be springing, at last. Yeah! – Work is getting nutty. Too much to do, and we’re 1.5 bodies short. Yikes. – My knee is trying to crap out on me… I really DON’T need this. – The art Muse is being a tease. The bitch. – The cats are still cute. They’d be even cuter if they didn’t lick my nose at 5:30 a.m. or compete over who get to sleep…
When I saw Mayhem trot through the living room with his open collar dangly limply in his mouth like a dead snake for the second time in less than 30 minutes, I gave up. It took him less than 48 hours to figure it out. The furry brats are again running about nekkid and shackle free. The little escape artist’s technique? It’s a press-and-pull safety collar. Mayhem wiggles it with his paws until he gets…
Oh yeah, Mayhem definitely hates his new collar. He’s been much more tolerant of it since I snipped the bell off. (Who decided that all cat collars come with a bell attached, anyway?) Mischief wasn’t amused, either. The collars are just an experiment. The Trouble Twins have so much fur that the collars disappear under the ruff. Mayhem had such a conniption over the bell that I doubt I’ll get him to tolerate an ID…
