I apologize for the quality of these sketches—photographing a pencil sketch on white paper is always a challenge, even with natural light and a flash. Typically I scan my sketches which lights them more evenly and captures more detail, so when I get home I’ll rescan them. But these are
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This includes all five of the black cats, not all at the same time, of course, I sketched them one by one as they moved around. I was also on the phone while I was sketching, but I was determined to get them in this activity. It was a very
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Black is the color of my true love’s hair, Her lips are like a rose so fair— The sweetest face, and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she stands… I sing for my love in Kingston for she has moved with her mama to a new apartment and
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I was thinking in color today, but when I saw Mr. Sunshine, Mimi, Mewsette and Giuseppe curled up on the unmade bed, I saw the angles and wrinkles of the covers in simple, clear ink lines, and the silhouettes of the black cats against the white. Their shapes had just
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Even though it was rather cold for a spring morning, Mimi enjoyed the sun on her front while Mewsette enjoyed the sun on her back by the door. What was I sketching a year ago today? Kelly With Grapes and Apple I’ve left this one full size because I want
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I have a sketch for later today, but I love this one so much I thought it should stand alone. If you’ve been following my sketches for any length of time, you’ve probably seen gradual changes that begin with a particular sketch—adding new media, using a new color palette, finding
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We had a surprise storm late today, fast and noisy and dark, with lots of rain and wind, and then we had a neighbor’s tree in our yard. More storms came later, not as bad as the first, but bad enough to lose our electricity again. What else for me
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A nest of papers on the desk is as good a bed as anything else when Mimi has to keep a close eye on the human for the afternoon. Of course, the arm has to be stretched out to be certain of covering maximum area. What was I sketching a
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Mimi peeked around the edge of the curtain as she was on neighborhood patrol this evening. Who could resist? I just wasn’t clear on exactly how she was sitting, but she’s still observing me. What was I sketching a year ago today? Paws Mimi and Jelly Bean were lazing about
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In a turnabout of care, Mewsette gently gives her little mom a bath by the sunny window. Mimi deserves a little gentle care from her kids now and then, and Mewsette is always good for that. The lilac is full and green outside the window and the morning sun so
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