A Michael Broad Blog
This is not just a picture of a cat’s tail, but when I saw the picture I saw the tail first and the cat second. For me this is mainly about the cat’s tail. This is another great Helmi cat photograph. The tail is very erect and that can be a form of …
I would like to show you some wildcat art in the form of oil and watercolor paintings. The artists are both extremely talented; Rochelle Mason who paints in oils and Linda Dupuis-Rosen who paints in watercolors. Both artists wish to raise the profile of the endangered wild cats particularly the lesser known ones. Rochelle …
by Debbie Bongiovanni-Sharp (California) I have a friend with big green eyes,Who knows when I’m happy or sad,She’s always there by my side,And for that I’m so very glad. When I’m upset she seems to know,Just how to make me smile,She is the smartest cat that I’ve ever seen,And she does it with so …
Lion drawings are popular judging by a bit of market research that I have carried out. Onlypenci.com do tutorials, an example of which is drawing the eyes of a tiger with a pencil in great realism. It is no surprise that drawing the lion is popular. The lion is magnificent. However, without wishing to …
by Michael (London, UK) Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Four Cats In Different Poses is a painting that is, for me, all about the famous Japanese bobtail cat. Kuniyoshi Utagawa (歌川国芳) lived between 1798 and 1861. He was one of the masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting and belonged to the Utagawa …
Egyptian Cat Art is interesting for me on the level of, “what cat breed is being portrayed”, in the numerous artifacts from ancient Egypt and, “how did they treat their cats”. The practical stuff as opposed to the art. One thing seems indisputable, the cat was very lucky in being the subject matter of …
Face painting a cat is a popular pastime. I’m thinking Cats the Musical. I’m thinking Lloyd Webber. I wonder if the popularity of this has mushroomed during and after the Cats show came out? I’m not going to get serious and philosophical but it is nearly always girls and women who do this. Why? …
Cat scratch wall art is art that a cat can use as a scratching post – neat. It is both attractive as art and a functional object as well. When I first heard the phrase I thought that it might also refer to the scratches made by a cat on a wall that creates …
