32 Days Until Halloween!
33 Days Until Halloween!
Happy Autumn 2020!
It’s finally officially here! Sure I drove to the nearest Starbucks 40 mins away yesterday for a pumpkin cream cold brew, but then again I’ve been celebrating since the weather started cooling a couple weeks ago. =)
Skellie Cat Halloween Bicycle Ride and New Illustrations
“Skellie Cat Bicycle Ride”
-Painted with Golden acrylics.
– 10″ x 8″ Mounted Birch Wood Panel
-Topped with two coats of matte varnish.
-Signed, titled, and dated on the back by me!
On his way to the Halloween party!!
Copyright © Ryan Conners
I took this weekend off to get back into practicing drawing on the iPad and what better way than to draw out more Halloween cats?! I had really no idea where I was going with these, just doing some happy kitties in costume, ready for trick-or-treating. In the end I decided to put them in front of my old haunted house so they could actually go trick-or-treating! I put up two versions in my RedBubble shop. I wanted to target the greeting card with text, but since you can’t specifically target the greeting card separate from the art print (like you can on Society6) I had to make the two versions. Text and cats only is enabled on some, but not all items.
One of the first things I drew out was this chonky kitty below. He’s had far too many pumpkin spice lattes! Not gonna lie, I was giggling a lot while drawing him out. There’s also a Christmas version in my RedBubble shop, because honestly, peppermint mocha>PSL.
Then I have the “Pumpkin Familiars.” I really, really love painting chonky cats, so naturally that means I love drawing them too! These two were like peas in a pod.
I really love Halloween, if you haven’t noticed. The other night I was trying to sleep but found it next to impossible so I got up and started drawing out little images of cats and Halloween-themed things. It turned into sort of a pattern. Now, I’m not very good with patterns, it’s something I definitely need to work on, but I like how this came out even if it isn’t “purrfect!”
Last, but not least in this update of “what has KilkennyCat been up to?” are some new Halloween/Autumn-themed art pins! I love my autumn coffee cats, and people also seem to love them, so I made them into pins! Then also added some black cat faces and ghosts that honestly were inspired by the above patterned drawing. I didn’t resin these like the nerd cats and other pins. They just looked really nice with a couple coats of matte varnish. There are still some available in my Zibbet Shop!
Autumn Tuxie Bicycle Ride
“An Autumn Bicycle Ride”
-Painted with Golden acrylics.
– 10″ x 8″ Mounted Birch Wood Panel
-Topped with two coats of matte varnish.
-Signed, titled, and dated on the back by me!
Out for a bicycle ride on a beautiful autumn day, this kitty picked up a fresh pumpkin spice latte and a teal pumpkin!
Copyright © Ryan Conners
A Witchy Cat Autumn Bicycle Ride
-Painted with Golden acrylics.
– 10″ x 8″ Mounted Birch Wood Panel
-Topped with two coats of matte varnish.
-Signed, titled, and dated on the back by me!
This little witch cat took a morning bicycle ride to pick up a nice hot latte along with a pumpkin to carve for Halloween!
Copyright © Ryan Conners
Ornaments are going fast! I won’t be adding any more Halloween ornaments this year once these guys sell out! Find them here: Ornaments.
Glittery Handmade Halloween Cat Clay Ornaments!
Handmade folk art cat ornaments based off of characters from my paintings! These are my original, handmade, painted, and (most of them) glittered ornaments ready for your Halloween tree! No machines or molds are used to make my ornaments so every one is unique. They come with a wire looped hanger and a rusty jingly bell. Find them in the Ornaments section in my Zibbet Shop! Click on the images below to see the items in my shop.
All the Cats in the Pumpkin Patch!
“Cats in the Pumpkin Patch!”
-Painted with Golden acrylics.
– 10″ x 8″ Mounted Birch Wood Panel
-Topped with two coats of matte varnish.
-Signed, titled, and dated on the back by me!
There were a lot of kitties this year playing in the pumpkin patch, picking out the pumpkins they wanted to carve!
Copyright © Ryan Conners
Happy September!
“Watching the Leaves Fall!”
-Painted with Golden acrylics.
– 10″ x 8″ Mounted Birch Wood Panel
-Topped with two coats of matte varnish.
-Signed, titled, and dated on the back by me!
Rosie was enjoying a fresh cup of coffee and watching the leaves fall, while the neighborhood cats played around outside.
Copyright © Ryan Conners
Ahh Halloween, Big Stores, and Stolen Art
Hi everyone! So as Halloween items start filling the stores, I have a huge favor to ask! If you happen to see something that you think or know looks like my stuff, please let me know! If you can grab photos of item, price tag, and maker that would be awesome. I was alerted last night by an awesome fan who was gifted a pillow from Home Goods that definitely is using my art without permission. They sent all the pertinent info and photos and I forwarded that to my lawyer.
Just for the record, if I license anything, I will let always let you all know by posting about it on my Facebook art page, sometimes here on the blog, but most of my posts are on the art page. Pillows are definitely not anything I will ever license since I sell those in my online shops! Thank you and hope you’re all doing well and having a good start to this week. 
