Visible Image - Cats

The theme at Visible image this week is Cats, and for my non-card brief I've made a mixed media canvas art panel.

I started by stamping the fabulous Cat-tastic Background stamp onto watercolour card, and reactivating the distress inks that were already on my palette - waste not, want not!

I coloured a few randomly spaced cats, mixing and blending a few of the colours.

Adding coordinating colours to my palette, I worked my way round the cats, giving some of them stripes.

I used Stormy Sky distress ink to paint in the background, then using coloured pencils I added shading and detail to some of the stripes.

It still looked a little flat, so I added white highlights with a Posca paint pen.

Now for the canvas.  I covered it in black gesso then spritzed it with Distress Spritz - Antique Linen and Broken China).

When I'm trimming background panels, I tend to save the strips.  I found one that was the perfect size for the sentiment.

I scuffed the edges of the watercolour panel with the edge of my scissors, then adhered it to the black panel.

The spritz one the sentiment catches the light beautifully.

I made an easel stand for the back of the canvas panel so it can be freestanding, but it could easily be changed to hanging by adding thread across the back.

Take a look at the Visible Image site for this and other fabulous cat stamps.