Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Daily Sketch: Blue Purple Cats

"Blue Purple Cats", ink and watercolor, 5" x 7" © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
“Blue Purple Cats”, ink and watercolor, 5″ x 7″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I might come up with a better name for this if I took some time, but the blue highlights and purple shadows were what inspired me about Giuseppe and Mewsette atop the wardrobe by the window, though after the sun had moved away and the light was only reflected, mostly off the sky, and very cool. They were bathing, lazily, sometimes licking themselves and sometimes each other. Giuseppe’s paw above Mewsette’s head looks a little confusing, but it was kind of confusing to me!

I did the watercolor sketch first, just the lightest blue as a wash that laid out the two shapes together. When that was still damp but had no puddles, I added a light wash of purple in the darker areas. I let that dry completely, then added a heavier layer of richer, less dilute  purple in the deepest shadows. Then I added the ink outlines, this time using one of my felt-tip drawing pens.

Of course, they had moved after the first quick blue wash but not so much that I couldn’t see my original visual in their postures, and I had my reference photo. Poor Mewsette’s lovely long, thick tail literally got short shrift when I couldn’t fit the whole thing in the sketch—it’s nearly touching the bottom edge of the paper.


What was I sketching a year ago today?

Bathing on the Rug

colored pencil sketch of two black cats on rug
Two Cats on the Rug, colored pencil © B.E. Kazmarski

Jelly Bean and Mr. Sunshine were taking turns bathing each other…see the original post and read more about this sketch, another personal favorite.


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