Bebe Keith – Cat Portraits

Welcome! Does a kitty keep you company? I’ve got two, Henry and Ollie. You will meet them both in this course, where I’ll take you step by step through the process of making a paper mosaic collage of your cat. No need to take the Beginning Paper Mosaics course first – the Cat Portraits course has all of the information you need to get started!

I’ll be making a portrait of Velma the cat during this course. She has medium to long length fur with lots of colors. We’ll talk a lot about fur and flow, techniques and tips, cats and color and a lot more!

We’ll make the collage out of a variety of papers. You might like to take the Preparing Papers for your Art class so you will have lots of fun papers to pick from, but it is not a prerequisite. You can simply use magazine papers if you don’t want to paint your own papers.

You can scroll down for the course curriculum and a supply list.

Let’s get started!

Course Curriculum

Cat Portraits
First Section

Welcome (0:57)

Substrates (8:10)

Design (13:47)

Part 1 – Eyes (24:26)

Part 2- Face (15:42)

Part 2 Continued – Face (14:08)

Part 3 – Ears (9:44)

Part 4 – Body (8:01)

Part 5 – Beard (16:31)

Painting the Background (5:38)

Whiskers (4:16)

Varnishing (4:16)

Thank You! (2:23)