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Daily Sketch Reprise: Sanguine, 2013

conte sketch of cat in sun
“Sanguine”, sanguine conté crayon, 7″ x 5″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Mimi paused in her bath in the sun at the top of the stairs. I’d been waiting, sketchpad at the ready and conté crayon in hand, but trying to act cool about it lest she notice me and get up to greet me.

I named it “sanguine” for both Mimi’s presumed attitude and the shade of the conté crayon, pigmented with iron oxide, made of graphite and clay and pigment, but with more wax as a binder. That’s the traditional color, but two or three shades of brown are also typical with black and white. I also saw a multi-colored set that looked like hard pastels. I like the sanguine best—it carries dark areas but gives them a character.


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