Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Daily Sketch Reprise: Stained Glass Cats

pastel drawing of three cats like stained glass
“Stained Glass Cats” (cropped), hard pastel, 5.5″ x 8.5″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Here’s an idea that’s been occurring to me lately as I watch the cats in the sun by the dining room window. I love the way the glass in a stained glass panel is shaded light toward the center of its shape, darker outside by the shadow from the lead between the shapes, and even the rippled quality of the color in many pieces of glass. I’d considered oil pastel for this but they weren’t handy when Jelly Bean, Mewsette and Giuseppe gathered in the late afternoon sun in the dining room window. The geranium leaves were aglow, shadows were deep and colorful, and each cat is its unique color. I followed the simplified shapes and colors I saw through squinted eyes.

I’ll definitely work on refining this, at least as long as the sun shines in the window like this. Below is the uncropped version of the sketch.

pastel drawing of three cats like stained glass
“Stained Glass Cats”, hard pastel, 6.5″ x 9.5″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

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I’m actually pretty excited that I’ll soon be doing a portrait of several cats in this style! Starting it some time in the summer of 2018.


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