Purple Cat

Chaska loves Rodrique's Blue Dog paintings.  I do too, now that she has alerted me to them.  And over on her blog you can see some of his Blue Dog paintings AND find Chaska's challenge... paint a purple cat in the style of Rodrique's Blue Dogs. You can go see them
 http://www.artalchemystudio.com/
 I thought to myself "what fun!"  So, today, I decided to give it a try.  Well, let me tell you... I found a clay board that wanted me to use it, and after doing Carla Sonheim's labs,  I decided to try it in water colors.  I have never used clay board before-I like the smooth finish!  And it takes water colors great.  I, on the other hand,  do not have much expertise with water colors in general.  Getting a good purple, since I had none in the tube was impossible for me.  This is the painting which I call an evening fall stroll, for some reason which has to do with my muse, I guess, lol.