Kathy and Heather get back on the horse after a couple weeks of sickness and exhausting road trips to chat about lots of mini topics and the April 2017 ArtSnacks box.

• Avi’s egg hunt
• 99% Invisible Ep: Atmospherians
• Pet Wifi Camera
• Anke Weckmann, all her pens video
• Caroline Weaver was on the Pen Addict
• April 2017 ArtSnacks Box

Heather and Kathy channel their inner middle school girls to talk about kitty cats, birthday parties, and gel pens.

• Reconcilable Differences
• Sign Lettering Documentary
• Art History Babes Podcast
• Tweet from Leslie about The Great Mother
• The Great Mother
• CW Pencils on water color pencils
• Gel Pen History

Heather and Kathy discuss the fundamentals of human color perception and the history of color reproduction in dyes and pigments.

• ATP “Real Programmer” Discussion
• Buzzfeed Color Facts
• Radiolab Color Episode
• Why isn’t the Sky blue?
• Through the Language Glass, By Guy Deutscher
• Why the Mantis Shrimp is my New Favorite Animal
• Wiki Article, Natural Dyes
• Pigments through the Ages
• Very Cool Color Timeline
• Poison Poison Colors
• Kathy’s Sketchnoting of the episode

Kathy and Heather review critical follow up on weather and cats. ⛈ 😺 Also, Kathy gives a 101 lesson in the history of paintbrush manufacturing and a review of all their modern shapes and sizes.

• Lego documentary
• Ana’s Col-o-Ring Ink Testing Books
• How Paintbrushes are Made
• A Brief History of the Paintbrush
• Paintbrush Wiki Page
• Buzzfeed Color Facts

Kathy and Heather catch up on some cat and weather related topics before discussing gauche.

• Microwave Sized Karl Box
• Australian Listener For the Win AGAIN: The Magic Pudding, By Norman Lindsay
• Scary character but omg amazing Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
• Penguin Island
• Kathy’s Art Snacks Challenge completed during the episode
• Gouache on Wikipedia