Day Forty One

"If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again." - Mark Twain

Day Forty

Day Thirty Nine

There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat. - Tay Hohoff

Day Thirty Eight

Teeny tiny book mark day: First person to leave a comment here, get this plush kitty tale book marker.

Day Thirty Seven

Notice meeeee!

DAY THIRTY SIX

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible. - Roger Caras

Day Thirtyfive

Day Thirty Four

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
 Jules Verne

Day Thirty Three

A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another,

may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.

 - Ernest Hemingway

Day Thirty Two

The Cat That Walked by Himself "He will kill mice, and he will be kind to babies when he is in the house, just as long as they do not pull his tail too hard. But when he has done that, and between times, and when the moon gets up and night comes, he is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him. Then he goes out to the Wet Wild Woods or up the Wet Wild Trees or on the Wet Wild Roofs, waving his wild tail and walking by his wild lone."
Rudyard Kipling

Day Thirty One

Day Thirty

If a dog jumps into your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer. - A. N. Whitehead

Day Twenty Nine

Quick Sketch Kit Kat

Day Twenty Eight

Day Twenty Seven

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TECHNO KITTY!!
(Due to Earthlink Router Disconnection, I had NO INTERNET for over 24 hours!)
This is the only cat I could send, via cell phone, to mobile web, to blog spot, to teeny tiny cell phone screen posting!)
Hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
     

Day TWENTY SIX

                                                         Cat-alogue

DAY TWENTY FIVE

CAT NOIR

DAY TWENTY FOUR

This is Muffin. A handsome male Ragdoll...well, half Ragdoll. He makes a very willing model, and stops to pose within ones' line of sight quite often. He was one of two kittens born in Pearl's first litter. The other?
His name is Tonks and he  lives happily in Arizona, sauntering the homestead and bringing home occasional offerings of bird bits and leapin' lizards.

                                                                  Mr. Tonks

DAY TWENTY THREE

                           Caterwaul

cat·er·waul

[kat-er-wawl] 

–verb (used without object)

1. to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.

2. to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.

3. to quarrel like cats.

TWENTY TWO DAYS OF CATS

I hear that Anne Hathaway will play the new Cat Woman in the upcoming Batman movie with Christian Bale.
I do have a weakness for Eartha Kitt and Julie Newmar's feline-ishous portrayals.

I have even heard rumors that people question whether Miss Hathaway is "sexy" enough to play Cat woman.

Uhm...yes, indeed she is!

DAY Twenty One

Miss Mini Minh. The smallest of my cats. Black and White Ragdoll Cat. Ever so slightly neurotic. But...aren't we all a bit Abby Normal?

DAY TWENTY

CAT NAP

Day 19: A Cat A Day!

Acrylics on Illustration board

Day 18!

"Who are you talking to?" said the King, coming up to Alice, and looking at the Cat's head with great curiosity.

        "It's a friend of mine – a Cheshire cat," said Alice: "allow me to introduce it."

"I don't like the look of it at all," said the King, "however, it may kiss my hand, if it likes."

"I rather not," the Cat remarked.

"Don't be impertinent," said the King, "and don't look at me like that!"

 

Day 17

Dream

Day 16

" Kitten LOVES her big brother"

xxxxoooo

DAY 15!

There was a time when my baby boy was as big as my Cat Arabella! Happy Birthday, Monkey.

DAY 14

This is Phoenix.
First thing I saw this morning...opened my eyes to see THIS glaring at me. (He was making muffins, it wasn't as ominous as it looks)  The Sketch was drawn, while sitting in a sun spot today, on the couch with a cat...or two.

Day 13

We have a winner from yesterday's teeny tiny print give away: Took Gallagher (Art O Mat Artist Extraordinaire) takes home the "Kitty Belly Book Mark"! ( http://fraughtwmeaning.blogspot.com/ )

Here is today's CAT.
Graphite sketch.

Day Twelve

Kitty Belly

“I really am a cat transformed into a woman.” – Brigitte Bardot


The first person to comment on this post will be sent this nifty "Kitty Belly Bookmark". 

One One One One One

DAY 11! 01/11/11

Seeing all those ones just makes me think of Binary codes, patterns of two...the Binars.

So, here is a feline face off.
This actually is the middle spread for the Sketch book Project I am working on.
I attached paper, to make these two pages fold outward to reveal the images inside the spread.
And since you might be wondering, I'd best include a picture of what is below. The black cat image opens outward to reveal the angel/cat angels below.

Artfully  Yours,
Imelda

DAY TEN!

Cat  & Cordouroy...enjoying a spot of sunshine this afternoon.

And here is an Orange Marmalade Cat to start the week:

Artfully Yours,
Imelda

Day 9

This is a quick painting of Pearl. 

She was my purebred Ragdoll and mother to most of my cats.

She had the most amazing blue eyes.

Artfully yours,

Imelda

Day 8 Studio Cat

Day 7

Day 6

Dancin' Kitteh'!

Day 5

"One cat just leads to another." - Ernest Hemingway

Day 4 Katara

Today I introduce Katara; one of my youngest Cats. Her coloring is actually pretty rare: a true brown cat: Chocolate brown to be exact.

Katara's mother was a purebred Ragdoll. Her father we don't discuss...

While working on my sketchbook, she came up to me and insisted that it was time for some lovin'. She kept bumping her head against the sketchbook , while purring madly and making sly attempts to climb into my  lap.

So, if you look closely, you will see a sketch of a cat in the notebook next to the determined Katara posing.
Lap was successfully landed after this.

Artfully Yours,
Imelda

Day 3

Mrrrrrow! Dressing up Cats is one of my favorite things...morph them into Cat people: Furry Lady Felines.

Day 2 January 2nd 2011

  This is a drawing I just completed from the SKETCHBOOK PROJECT I am participating in along with 28834 other Artists around the globe! http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject 

   The theme I chose for my sketchbook, is "If You Were Here" and it is basically filled so far with sketches of scenes from my life working with flowers, living with animals and doodling. The deadline is FAST approaching: post mark has to be 1/15  and I have not filled the book yet! So, here I combine two challenges: the "Cat a day" & another page in the sketch book. Now, off I go to work, to earn some bread and art supply $. 

Til tomorrow.

Artfully Yours,

Imelda