Featured Daily Sketch: A Nip of Nip, 2012

September 18, 2025 Bernadette

sketch of a cat sniffing catnip pillow — A Nip of Nip, pastel pencil on multi-media paper, 5.6″ x 10″ © B.E. Kazmarski

Mr. Sunshine explores a catnip pillow, waving his tail and taking a deep inhale before leaping up and running off in a blissful haze.

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I think I accomplished what I'd set out to do three years ago today, a challenge to me and entertainment and enjoyment for you: to create a quick sketch of my cats each day as a way to practice and experiment, and present the sketch on that day with no editing, no waiting, no excuses, just to do the sketch and share it.

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“A Nip of Nip” will soon be found on a few gift items and cards, but until then enjoy these two in a studio wrestling match.

sketch of two cats wrestling, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, white charcoal, black and white conté — “Clash of Titans”, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, white charcoal, black and white conté, 11″ x 8″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

It started out when Giuseppe said his brother was a dirty mess and needed to be cleaned up and wavered between a bath and a rock ’em sock ’em boxing tournament, then flat out, literally flat out, wrestling, on the cabinet in the middle of the kitchen. I had such fun watching them wrestle and did a quick light sketch in vine charcoal then later enhanced it with more vine charcoal to blend their movements. Find it on Portraits of Animals.

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