Daily Sketch Reprise: Studio Morning Shift, 2017

January 22, 2019 Bernadette

"Studio Morning Shift", pastel on black pastel paper, 9 x 12 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski — “Studio Morning Shift”, pastel on black pastel paper, 9 x 12 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

In January 2017 I participated in Leslie Saeta’s annual “30 in 30” painting challenge this month. This was my painting for day 15, and it’s the first cat sketch I’ve done. I painted a number of portraits over the holidays so I moved to landscapes and other subjects first. I actually had a different image planned but Mimi, Mewsette and Mr. Sunshine were totally enchanting getting organized in the best cuddle pile on my drafting table by the window, the light was wonderful, and, well, here you are. I kept visualizing the three black shapes and tried to ignore them and stop visualizing a sketch. Good luck with that. I told myself that if they lined up, one-two-three, I would sketch them. It took a while, but, don’t you know, they did.

I wasn’t sure which crop I liked better on this sketch. Above I have the crop that preserves all the edges even though the windows aren’t right, the panes are each the same size. Below is the crop that includes the image area I’d wanted, but I like the black edges. Whatever, I guess I don’t really have to make a decision.

But then, I like this crop too, just the “important” area of the art.

"Studio Morning Shift", detail © Bernadette E. Kazmarski — “Studio Morning Shift”, detail © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

This original painting is available framed on Portraits of Animals as well as various prints, and…

YOUR WINTER 2019 DISCOUNT

Save on original art from the Winter Solstice to the Vernal Equinox.

25% Off Original Art

any original painting on Portraits of Animals

ALL MEDIA • ALL SUBJECTS

Use the coupon code ORIGINALART25 in your shopping cart.

Visit my gallery of Available Original Art to browse.

All paintings are framed.
Price includes the frame, sales tax and shipping in the US.

Note that the product pages have the original and prints listed together, but this discount only applies to the original painting.

Below are just a few samples of original art available. Visit my gallery of Available Original Art to browse them all.

Click here to see other daily sketches.

For a gallery of the ones available for sale, visit Portraits of Animals in the “Daily Sketches” section.

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

Download your free desktop wallpaper calendar for computer or mobile, usually based on a daily sketch.

And don’t forget that each month’s Featured Artwork is also one of the free prints available on Portraits of Animals when you sign up for an account.

Desktop calendar 1280 x 1024 for square screens.

A collection of 34 images of feline artwork

**The award-winning* Feline Style Sampler**

Now in its third printing, and its fifth anniversary!

Daily sketches, illustrations, commissioned portraits all in a small coil-bound gift book.

Click here or on the image to read more or find this book on Portraits of Animals.

*Certificate of Excellence, Cat Writers’ Association 2014 Communications Contest

Gifts featuring cats you know! Visit Portraits of Animals

Fine Art • Photography • Gifts • Greeting Cards • Books • Commissioned Portraits & Artwork

~~~

Originals, Prints, Greeting Cards and Gift Items from Daily Sketches

“Autumn Afternoon Bed”, pastel on sanded paper, 5.5″ x 7.5″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

The maple outside the window that casts green tones on my bed all summer now casts shades of yellow as the leaves begin to turn on a sunny autumn afternoon; the bedspread is actually solid white. Some other cats had their way with the covers, leaving a rumpled mess that added character to the simple scene. Read more and purchase.

Copyright

All images and text used on this site are copyrighted to Bernadette E. Kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission, although links to your site are more than welcome and are shared. Please ask if you are interested in using and image or story in a print or internet publication. If you are interested in purchasing a print of an image or a product including it, check my animal and nature website Portraits of Animals to see if I have it available already. If you don’t find it there, visit Ordering Custom Artwork for more information on a custom greeting card, print or other item.