Daily Sketch Reprise: Five Cats and One Box, 2013

Bernadette September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 0 Comments cat art, cat artwork, cat sketches, cats, cats in boxes, five cats

"Five Cats and One Box", brush markers, 6.5" x 9" © Bernadette E. Kazmarski — “Five Cats and One Box”, brush markers, 6.5″ x 9″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

All five joined me in the kitchen for lunch, so I gave them a box to keep them occupied. And me too. I put down my lunch and ran to get my markers.

When they mill around like this each of them is in constant motion, and I’ll use the old jump rope analogy for how I determine when to jump in—I stand there and watch them moving around, observe what each of them is tending to do in the moment, then sketch them one by one. But sometimes, like Mewsette in the box, they move too much and end up looking vague. Also, see how I changed my mind about the background color from yellow to turquoise, just drawing on top of it. It’s a sketch, not a masterpiece.

So what do five cats do with one box? Mewsette is in the box while Giuseppe is checking under the flap of the box, and Jelly Bean is sitting next to the box washing there, Mimi is experiencing box envy and planning on how to get into the box, and Mr. Sunshine is looking away, acting as if he doesn’t care at all about the box.

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