Daily Sketch Reprise: Studio Morning Shift, 2017

January 15, 2018 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

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