Cat Leonard
@catleonardart.bsky.social
Artist/painter
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4 pages of study in four different journals. These are prep work for classes, examples and ideas for putting studies somewhere - cataloging them. #artjournaling #art #painting #artclassrs
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
4 pages of study in four different journals. These are prep work for classes, examples and ideas for putting studies somewhere - cataloging them. #artjournaling #art #painting #artclassrs
Same subject, two different pallet knife painting studies as I’m trying to get the hang of using one knife for everything, and a paint brand that I don’t usually use.
The consistency of the paint is thin and covers surprisingly well. I can live with it 😊
#palletteknifepainting #art
The consistency of the paint is thin and covers surprisingly well. I can live with it 😊
#palletteknifepainting #art
October 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Same subject, two different pallet knife painting studies as I’m trying to get the hang of using one knife for everything, and a paint brand that I don’t usually use.
The consistency of the paint is thin and covers surprisingly well. I can live with it 😊
#palletteknifepainting #art
The consistency of the paint is thin and covers surprisingly well. I can live with it 😊
#palletteknifepainting #art
Painting abstracts is like - you have closed your eyes and are using your hand as if it’s your non dominate hand, miss the part of the painting you were aiming for and then accept whatever it is that just emerged and fight the urge to correct it. #abstractart
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Painting abstracts is like - you have closed your eyes and are using your hand as if it’s your non dominate hand, miss the part of the painting you were aiming for and then accept whatever it is that just emerged and fight the urge to correct it. #abstractart
Last year I did a couple of old dogs, so this year it’s Kenny and Kitten, two 30x30cm paintings to be exhibited with a collection of other 30x30cm paintings at the Bowerbird art market this coming weekend. #art #kittens #exhibition
April 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Last year I did a couple of old dogs, so this year it’s Kenny and Kitten, two 30x30cm paintings to be exhibited with a collection of other 30x30cm paintings at the Bowerbird art market this coming weekend. #art #kittens #exhibition
I made a YouTube video out of a phone recording of my lesson demo done in the art class I was running. I did a bit of editing, but it’s rough as guts!
youtu.be/RN11jGKesz0?...
youtu.be/RN11jGKesz0?...
Acrylic painting with Cat.
YouTube video by Loose Studio.
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April 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I made a YouTube video out of a phone recording of my lesson demo done in the art class I was running. I did a bit of editing, but it’s rough as guts!
youtu.be/RN11jGKesz0?...
youtu.be/RN11jGKesz0?...
Two Fridas I painted for an expressive portraits short course. Can you even plural a name? It doesn’t look right. So I asked AI google and it answered with “the title of Frida Kahlo’s famous painting is The Two Fridas (Las dos Fridas in Spanish).
Fancy that! #portrait #art
Fancy that! #portrait #art
March 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
March 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Daisy is one of the first heads I’ve painted using an AI image as a reference. I’ve done a few more since and surprisingly they’re more difficult to paint than an actual photo of a person’s head because the light falls oddly on the features and you don’t notice that at first glance.
February 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Daisy is one of the first heads I’ve painted using an AI image as a reference. I’ve done a few more since and surprisingly they’re more difficult to paint than an actual photo of a person’s head because the light falls oddly on the features and you don’t notice that at first glance.
I wrote a blog about my latest 3 lesson short course “loosening up with acrylics”. I wrote this for promotional purposes and also for keeping a record of the work done during the course. I was happy with the 3 lessons of two and a half hours long. #artschool
www.catleonardart.com/thoughts/202...
www.catleonardart.com/thoughts/202...
Loosening up... — Cat Leonard
Saturday morning (Feb 8th) was the final session of my 3 week short course - Loosening up with Acrylics, at Splashout art Studios. SEE HERE The aim of this short course was for participants to get...
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February 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I wrote a blog about my latest 3 lesson short course “loosening up with acrylics”. I wrote this for promotional purposes and also for keeping a record of the work done during the course. I was happy with the 3 lessons of two and a half hours long. #artschool
www.catleonardart.com/thoughts/202...
www.catleonardart.com/thoughts/202...
I set myself a challenge to paint this entire painting with 1 brush, and nearly pulled it off except for a couple of tiny touch ups at the end. #painting #artchallenge
February 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I set myself a challenge to paint this entire painting with 1 brush, and nearly pulled it off except for a couple of tiny touch ups at the end. #painting #artchallenge
Did some Plein air painting in the Adelaide parklands, and this painting I’ve submitted to the parklands art prize. 😊
January 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Did some Plein air painting in the Adelaide parklands, and this painting I’ve submitted to the parklands art prize. 😊
My own studies and demos from my “loosening up with acrylics” short course, and the results from the participants in the first lesson. It was a lot of fun 😊
January 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My own studies and demos from my “loosening up with acrylics” short course, and the results from the participants in the first lesson. It was a lot of fun 😊
I was asked to make a logo for St Joseph church, Brighton’s 100th year anniversary. On the left is my little painting in a re-purposed support, the logo centre and then on the right with a filter on my painting. I’m not a digital artist but I kind of like how badly I cut the image out…very human 😊
January 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I was asked to make a logo for St Joseph church, Brighton’s 100th year anniversary. On the left is my little painting in a re-purposed support, the logo centre and then on the right with a filter on my painting. I’m not a digital artist but I kind of like how badly I cut the image out…very human 😊
100heads challenge no 33 - Paul. Painted this head entirely with coloured gesso and matt medium. The flat kind of chalk-velvet finish feels like lime washed plaster. Having a bit of a play before I start back on my commissions list and lesson prep for term 1. Thinking to play with oils next…
January 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
100heads challenge no 33 - Paul. Painted this head entirely with coloured gesso and matt medium. The flat kind of chalk-velvet finish feels like lime washed plaster. Having a bit of a play before I start back on my commissions list and lesson prep for term 1. Thinking to play with oils next…
I spent some time completing my 2024 page on my website. It was quite a year!
www.catleonardart.com/new-index-1#...
www.catleonardart.com/new-index-1#...
paintings — Cat Leonard
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January 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I spent some time completing my 2024 page on my website. It was quite a year!
www.catleonardart.com/new-index-1#...
www.catleonardart.com/new-index-1#...
I wonder what happens if I post more than one photo at once?
This little abstract floral is painted on board and framed in a re-purposed frame. #abstract #floralart
This little abstract floral is painted on board and framed in a re-purposed frame. #abstract #floralart
December 26, 2024 at 8:28 PM
I wonder what happens if I post more than one photo at once?
This little abstract floral is painted on board and framed in a re-purposed frame. #abstract #floralart
This little abstract floral is painted on board and framed in a re-purposed frame. #abstract #floralart
