Kabuki and the Tabby?

Nearly finished. Couldn't put this down yesterday enjoying this little canvas immensely. But I was fairly bleary eyed by days end and now need to go back and tweak things. I sort of had a little trepidation about stitching Right kitty to look more realistic than Lefty. Maybe the two styles don't blend,etc. But that notion didn't really occur to me until I was nearly finished. Soooo I'm living with it for a while before removing it from the stretchers.

I will also remove a few of left kitties whiskers......looking like a little hormone overload with just too many whiskers. Will just remove about half of them and think that should do it. Have a few missed stitches here and there and will make corrections as I view the enlarged photo. But for the most part the geisha are done.

I do like the change made to the right background area. The lower half filled with dark teal was too much and looked like I just stopped stitching. I'm not going to fill it in as I do like the openness but thought I might add another symbol or two. Still mulling, I'll think of something. There's openwork and then there's open work. If I do leave it unstitched, I'll have to choose just the right color of mounting board. Think the unusual (IMHO) contrasting background colors on the original canvas may have thrown me off a bit; I like it, but it is a bit unconventional for such a rule follower. Then again, this style is often seen in Asian art.

Jane, thank you for your comments! I have kept the Santa's Beard for Lefty's paw and neckline and think you are totally right. I love getting feedback because in most art forms, even the written word, you look at something so long you end up looking right past it anticipating what you are seeing or reading. Does that make sense? Anyway, thank you all for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. BTW, I'm thinking of black framing for this piece. It's a gift and DD wants it to be framed instead of a pillow or other finishing.

Since you asked about it, I was more concerned about the interlock canvas in the beginning but as usual with me there was much ado about nothing. After spending many hours with this canvas, I can say that I do notice a big difference between interlock and mono; but there really wasn't much downside to it. It's inflexible, paint image seems much lighter and the canvas is much less sturdy than mono. But again it was much less expensive....about half the price. You really have to make your own determination on it's quality, but if I can't find something on mono, I would buy interlock again.