Becca arranged for her and me to go to a Paint Your Pet class Dec 10 2015 They provided the paint and canvas. They drew some pencil outlines from a photo submitted in advance. We mixed our own colors and in 3 or so hours, all had reasonable portraits of our animals.
I know that I have been truly adopted by my newest cat, because, yesterday (6days after bringing him home), he followed me to the bathroom, and scratched on the door to get in. He was rehomed from the niece of Jenna, my expert nail lady, who had him in an apartment that had a no-pets rule.