Carving pumpkins

Posted on October 27, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art lunch, Carving, Cat, Design, Dragon, Fun, Halloween, Pumpkin, SunflowerLeave a comment

I went to an Art lunch today with fellow artists. We had a spicy pumpkin soup and different varieties of cake plus extra treats that pebought along.

The lunch was held at the warehouse building at Etruria Industrial museum, Etruria, Stoke on Trent.

We were asked to carve pumpkins for an event this weekend at the museum where they will be steaming the Etruria Flint Mill beam engine between 11am and 4pm on Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend.

The photos shown are my four carvings. A cat, a dragon, an abstract pattern and a sunflower shape. It was the most fun I’ve had for several weeks!

Every day…

Posted on October 25, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Disturbed, Life, Relaxed, Rest, Sleeping, Trying to understand, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

The cat jumps up and lies on a cushion between mine and my hubby’s chair, sometimes you can hear him purring or snoring. It’s a sign of how he trusts us. But EVERY day hubby, at some stage, will decide to stroke the cat ‘because he loves it’. The cats tail starts to twitch. He is disturbed by the attention. He wakes up and jumps down and goes out.

I have TRIED to explain the cat wants to rest and sleep. The attempt to stroke him really irritates him. I have said leave him alone and let him be. But the temptation is always there. Stop it! Leave it alone. The trouble is that it doesn’t work. Hopefully he will learn.

Cat presents…

Posted on October 24, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cat toys, Death, Life, Mice, mornings, Presents, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Cat presents, not so much presents as lovingly presented remains of mice. Ooooh no! I get up in the morning, and there on the doorstep, something not very nice. Is there a deterrent? I feed my cats well, I give them toys, and yet they try and show love in the only way they can…. Yuk! I’m glad it only happens occasionally.

Big cat

Posted on October 21, 2021October 22, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Big cat, Black and white cat, Cat, Humour, In the way, Life, Sleeping, Stairs, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Ex-outside cat slept on the stairs last night. He sometimes sleeps on our bed now but instead he was halfway down and I almost stood on him. He is very big and was lying on about two thirds of the step. Luckily I just saw him in time. He is a real character, when we are in the living room he sits between the arms of the chairs we sit on. He seems to really want to be with us. I hope we have completely gained his trust.

Since he moved in with us he’s put on weight and become much calmer. He seems to be very settled with us now. He also gets on well with our other two cats despite him being twice the size of our small female cat. I can’t imagine a time without cats.

He’s better

Posted on October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, cats eye, eye drops, Going out, Healing, Time, Tuxedo cat4 Comments

He’s better, his eye will never completely heal but he can finally go out again for the first time in weeks.

I’m still keeping him in at night, especially now the nights are getting dark earlier. It’s also getting colder at night. There may be a frost in Scotland tonight.

But that means he can carry on recovering without hurting himself. Fingers crossed he will get even better. X

Relaxed Cat

Posted on October 13, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged ArtRage app, Black and white cat, Cat, Drawing, Pet, Portrait, Sketching, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Relaxed Cat, digital drawing on ArtRage. Hard to do he kept moving x.

I feel like it could have been drawn in ink or watercolour, and I tried to keep it monochrome but a touch of warmth crept in. I was worried I’d made him look like a sheep dog!

Anyway this outside cat is now so settled he eats food out of my hubby’s hand! He sits between us on the arms of our armchairs perched on a cushion.

Free meal?

Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged another cat? Cat fight, Black and white cat, Cat, Fun, Garden, Life, Poem, Poetry, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

A fourth cat is trying to muscle in with my other three cats. We think she’s female and she has spent an hour yowling in the garden. We have two indoor /outdoor cats and one outdoor/indoor cat. Hubby likes the look of her and went out and fed her!

Cats they are cheeky

They know a trick or two

How to get a free meal

And some loving too!

Yowling and purring

Making such a fuss

She will soon be eating

A free meal, will that puss!

Cat

Posted on October 9, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, Design, Drawing, Fun, ginger cat, Lines, opacity, Patterns, Pens, Swirls, transparency3 Comments

I started digitally drawing and I can’t stop…

I do love cats and this ginger cat doodle cheered me up. I’m still learning how I want to use the various tools. I have to think about opacity when I’m using this app which is called sketcher free. It seems to be about line drawing rather than a more painterly app like ArtRage oils. But that makes this more of a drawing app. Hope you enjoy?

Cat dragon

Posted on October 6, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art ideas, Cat, cat dragon, final major project, Fun, Humour, Illustration, Pollution, WingsLeave a comment

Why can’t a dragon be a bit like a cat? Add some wings and a longer tail for balance. I’m going to write a story for college and the main character is some style of dragon. I want it to be friendly and beautiful. I think I would add scales. Maybe this will be the final idea. I will have to think about it.

He’s a lot better

Posted on October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged better, Black and white cat, Cat, good life, Happy, Life, Photo, recovered, treatment, Tuxedo cat, vets2 Comments

My cat that got trapped and didn’t come home for eight days. He’s had treatment because he was covered in a tarry substance, he’d licked it off a bit which burnt his mouth and he’d injured his eye and had ulcers in it.

After a few weeks going backwards and forwards to the vets he’s a lot better. His eye is getting better and his mouth is fine. He needs to grow his fur back where it was shaved off to remove the tar. He has to stay in a while longer to prevent sunlight burning his eye.

So I’m happy that he is recovering and can have a good life again. X

Mallaband-Brown

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