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Daily Sketch Reprise: In Afternoon Sun, 2012

 "In Afternoon Sun", ink brush pen and watercolor, 8" x 10" © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
“In Afternoon Sun”, ink brush pen and watercolor, 8″ x 10″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Mimi enjoys her daily sunbath while Mewsette watches the birds from my studio window on the second floor.

One more experiment with this brush pen, partly just because it was there. I love it when the cats are partly lit by sunshine, and dramatically. Here it pours in the window from nearly directly above, just enough to highlight them where they are near the window but leaving the rest in silhouette.

I didn’t want to leave out their mahogany highlights, so I’ve added those. Because the second floor window looks right out into a maple tree from this angle, I wanted to catch the dappled and speckled effect with watercolors. Not sure how well I like the speckles, perhaps I’ll try a bigger brush next time to get bigger blotches.

Original and prints

You can find this painting in the original and as prints on paper and canvas on Portraits of Animals.


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Read about the reason for the daily sketches in Three Years of Daily Sketches.

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