Painting Cats is an appealingly quirky and accessible technique and tutorial guide by Terry Runyan. Released 12th Sept 2023 by Quarto on their Leaping Hare Press imprint, it's 144 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats.
The author writes in such a fun way that will inspire readers to grab supplies and paint along. There are numerous lessons highlighting spontaneity and fun as well as usable techniques to increase expertise. She spends a fair amount of content explaining why she enjoys painting cats, introducing some of her own cats, and showing readers how to use watercolors (her preferred medium) to give similar results or to adapt them to other media.
The chapters are arranged thematically: why cats, why watercolor, supplies, let's paint cats, color, techniques, storytelling (LOTS of good tutorial info here), and further exploration. The author/publisher have also included an abbreviated resources/links list for readers in the back of the book. The style is naive and folksy. It's very colorful and very appealing.
Five stars. Lots of good info and just a really fun book. It would make a good choice for public or school library acquisition, more formal class/workshop use, makers' groups, or for the home artist's studio.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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