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Aug 30th
Kittys "Back-in-bowl"


More kitty art...This is Fairy Kitty for CatPratt and her cat Pearl on IllustratedATC.com
and Shadow Kitty hides in shadows for Mermaidfan on ATCForAll.com

 



Aug 13 - Max was supposed to be modeling with my pile of trick-r-treat bags and Halloween envelopes I'm preparing for the Halloween Swap I'm hosting. But it was late and she wanted to just close her eyes for a moment. Photo below taken Aug. 12th.


Look how big they are getting!


July 29 - It's so fun scrolling down to see these photos and seeing the kittehs get younger and younger. Originally when I stole these 2 early from the feral cat that had kittens under my dads house in the country, my intent was to find a home for one and I keep the other. My nephews school teacher decided to take one after they were finished bottle feeding and were on solid food (the cats, not the school teacher). Well, I started becoming attached to both. One day after they had fought hard and played hard they fell asleep in each other arms. I saw this and realized there was no way I could separate these two! I gave my sister in law the hard job of telling my nephews teacher he would have to visit the SPCA instead.

By the way, I didn't just "steal" them. After bringing food to the momma for a few days, she allowed me to sit close to her while she ate (canned mackeral bribe). I would pick up a kitten and keep it near her, then pick up another. At one point she put her mouth on my hand but didn't bite down. The day I took the 2 kittens, I bribed her with more fish and talked and talked to her while holding a kitten by her. I told her what I was doing and how happy and well fed they would be. I asked if she wanted to go too but she just wasn't ready. She finally let me pet her head but that was it, couldn't make a move to pick her up or she'd take off. She was a beautiful total gray cat with yellow eyes.

My 2 kittys are having a happy, lucky life. They are raw food kittys and I feel sad I couldn't take their litter mates too. But a couple weeks after I brought these home and the other babies were up and around - they were as wild as the mom and I couldn't get near them. I can't save all the kittehs of the world, but I can save two!


July 13 - Kittys like to be on top of things in the art field...
Well, their new names just haven't stuck yet.
I still refer to them as "the brown one" and "the light one."
Guess it just hasn't been long enough, they still feel new to me.

 
July 5th -eyes still changing color

June 21 - The kittys finally have new names...Meet Alex and Sally

 

 

The above photos show how their brilliant blue kitten eye color is now changing.
Kittens are born with blue eyes and the true color will not appear until they are about 3 months old.


My latest kitten inspired Artist trading cards - watercolor & ink


June 5 - after a long session of running, jumping, biting, stalking.

May 21 - attacking a curler (no need for expensive cat toys!)

May 21 - This is their favorite chair they like to sleep on.

May 18 - Apprentice Boardroom Divas


These kittens inspired me to do some "Kitty art" for
IllustratedATCs.com 4"x4" Cat Lovers Swap - (gouache & ink)

Cool Kittys

Spy Kitty

Sleepy Kitty

Lucky Kitty

Wild Kitty

Regal Kitty





May 13 - They seem to have some
creative talent for music (drums)...

... and creative talent
for painting.

May 10 - Posing for their modeling portfolio

"Nom!"

"Rawr!"

May 5 - Only 4 or 5 weeks old.

both little girls

"nom"

"do you have any idea where we are?"

"who are you?"

"nom"


The first time I saw them...in a little fur pile...under the house.

 

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