It's finished: I present to you, The Zombie Cats.

Halloween is in the air. Though it's still a balmy 85 degrees out here in Utah, and I still have green tomatoes that must get ripe before the frost, I always get Halloween fever early. I always think there is something wrong about playing Christmas tunes in the middle of October, but I have a deep love for Halloween the most. Must be the little pop-surrealist in me and my interest in Tim Burton movies.  My personality is just drawn to Halloween, and it's always the time of year where my creativity is on fire. Anyway, I thought I would avoid the cliche atmosphere about Halloween and go towards the Zombie route, only this time, it's cats. Hope you all have a lovely Halloween this year, stay tuned for more.....

Day 8-9: Getting there, but not quite finished.

Day 7: The pumpkins start to appear.

This has been a rather unexpected eventful week, so it was nice to have a night to paint again. So soothing. Anyway the pumpkins almost look better than the cats, so I'm thinking they could use a bit more work. 

Day 6: Left side almost done

Day 5: almost halfway through.

First zombie cat is starting to appear.

Day 4: First cat almost finished. He's got some stripes.

Day 3: Starting Detail on first cat.

Day 3 had to be cut a little short so I can still get my jogging in tonight. It's possible the cat will take a different direction. Not sure how I feel about it at this point. 

Day 2: Adding Details

Details are added to the trees. Cats still have to wait.....

Day 1: Blocking in

I'm left handed, so I think I will start building details on the left side of the painting starting tomorrow. I've already started on the tree. The composition was built from a series of scanned drawings in Photoshop and printed out in pieces and transferred onto Winsor & Newton 140lb watercolor paper that has been stretched onto stretcher bars.  I paint with acrylics.