Tempura paints – whiteblack, grey, teal, pink, and purple
Fine detail paintbrush
Angled square foam paintbrush
8x 10 canvas
Tabletop display easel
Instructions
To get started, paint 2.5-inch stripes of paint using the foam paintbrush in pink, teal, and purple colored paints – covering the entire canvas. Allow the paint to dry for a few minutes. Wipe the leftover paint off using a towel or rinse brush. We dabbed it on a paper towel and it wiped almost all of it off without bleeding through to the next color.
Next, paint a circle of black paint in the middle of the canvas with the foam paintbrush.
Gently dot the black paint around the edge of the circle using the angled tip of the foam paintbrush so that it appears like hair.
Paint 2 lines that meet to create a triangle ear on each side of the cat’s head.
Dot the black paint around the edge of the ear to add hair to the triangle you just painted.
Now using the fine detail paintbrush, fill each ear with grey paint and draw a small grey upsidedown triangle in the middle of the cat face to form the nose; rinse paintbrush.
Draw the whiskers with white paint using the fine detail brush on each side of the cat’s head. Add 2 big white circles to form the eyes and let it dry for a few minutes.
Paint slightly smaller black circles inside the white eyes to form the pupils using the fine detail brush and let it dry for a few minutes.
Lastly, use the fine detail brush to paint a small streak of white paint on each corner of the eye to form the appearance of a reflection.
Allow at least an hour for the cat painting to dry. You’re finished!