Daily Sketch Reprise: Colorful Cuddle Puddle, 2011

Mewsette,  Mr. Sunshine and Giuseppe cuddle on the floor of my studio.

It’s hard enough to distinguish them in real life, let alone in a sketch, so I did each of them in a different color. The colors relate to something from when they were kittens—they were all so much alike, aside from Jelly Bean with his white spots, and I felt the need to tell them apart, so I added a fingerprint of tempera paint to their left ear, one color per kitten, the same every day. Mewsette was the red kitty by default, Mr. Sunshine was the yellow kitty for obvious reasons, and Giuseppe was by chance the green kitty though this resulted in his full name, Giuseppe Verdi, opera composer, or Joe Green in English. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a good golden yellow deep enough to carry a drawing, so I used turquoise for Mr. Sunshine for this one.

Several unexpected errands got in the way of sketching today, but I’m glad to share this one again—it’s one of my favorites, and one I’ve decided I’ll soon have on a wood block.

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