Sunday, August 9, 2026

Tea Towel Catz


 This "Tea Towel Catz" painting is from a tutorial by Karen Campbell on Youtube. She was inspired by a tea towel she found in an antique shop!

I drew and painted this piece following Karen's step by step instructions. I painted it on Fabriano hot press watercolor paper, mostly using Jane Davenport Watercolors. The one exception is the black cat. When I painted him like the others in watercolor, the whole picture looked really dull. As soon as I painted that cat, a second time, using Bombay Black India Ink the whole picture woke up!  

The catz are detailed and outlined in Molotow Fineliner. The white white whiskers and highlights are in Gelly Roll Pencil. I used a Blackwing Pencil and a paper stump for shading.

I showed this painting to my husband this morning and he loved it!

Challenges: 

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/08/august-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/08/challenge-202608-anything-goes.html 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/08/challenge-855.html 

https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2026/08/make-it-colourful.html 

7 comments:

brenda said...

A super display of funky Cats, many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.

B x

Sarn said...

A super fun drawing.
Thanks for joining in at Allsorts. x

Jane Savage said...

Love those fun cats.
Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create Challenge! Jane S (DT) Paper, Pencils & Pretty Things xxx

Craftyfield said...

Fun cats! Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.

pearshapedcrafting said...

Making me smile, Love this! Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tuesday Chrisx

Mrs.B said...

What a fabulous drawing of those cats and like your husband I love it too.
Thanks for sharing at Try it on Tuesday. Avril

Mia said...

Fun and colorful! Thank you for entering our challenge at Try it on Tuesday. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
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