On Thursday after work I had some time to work on my mural. I drew some stripes on, based on the color print-out I’m using as a template. Then mixed up a shade of royal blue I liked and painted it on:
Today I worked for an hour to make the tree branch look more real. I added some additional darker and lighter shades, and some wispy lines:
Then drew some additional patterns, mixed up a shade of aqua I liked, and painted them in. Birdie found the whole thing pretty interesting when I placed one canvas in the upstairs hall:
I also added a preliminary eye and mouth:
So here’s where I am as of today:
Meanwhile, Ms. Birdie continues to come out of her shell now that Bonkers is pretty much just a first floor cat. My small brown paper bag from the art supply store was on the girl cave floor [it’s in the right of the following pics] and she pounced on and flattened it. So I brought up a full sized grocery paper bag and she dove straight in. It was adorable:
Both Darwin [on the stool] and Birdie [on the middle shelf of the workbench] enjoy hanging out in the girl cave while I paint. Bonkers has recently rediscovered the joy of a catnip pad – he was picking it up with his teeth and shaking it around while giving it a complete bath:
We miss Franc soooooooooooo much. Seeing the empty rat cage in the living room is so depressing. I took all the balloons I hung around the living room last weekend for Jim’s birthday & tied them instead to the rat cage. In a few weeks we’ll be getting rat babies:
Iam glad,to see that finished result.
Ich freue mich, dass fertige Ergebnis zu sehen.
Liebe Grüsse
I still have a few more colors and detailing to add, then it will be finished. I look forward to it too!
Birdie’s tail is cute–you can see the stripes even though it’s black.
I know it – I love her little tail 🙂
I love getting updates on the cats. The chameleon project is cool too!
How are all your fur babies doing?
Love this chameleon project!
Thanks! It’s fun to see how it progresses.