“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.”
–
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sleeping Kitty
5″ x 7″ Watercolor on Ampersand Clayboard
I painted this little slumbering cat on clayboard, then scratched the hair into it. I really enjoyed this! The watercolor floats wonderfully on the surface for a bit, giving you a chance to blend and play.
The cat in the reference was actually sleeping on a pad of newsprint in an artist’s studio. That gives a new meaning to studio assistant.
About Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson helped spark the transcendentalist movement with the essay Nature, which described his belief in the spiritual essence of humanity and the natural world. He was born in Boston in 1803. He was a Unitarian minister until he resigned in 1832 to become a philosopher and writer. He suffered the untimely deaths of many of his loved ones: three brothers, his first wife at age 20, and his eldest son at age five. Emerson died in 1882.
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