Featured Daily Sketch: Fingerpainting Mewsette, 2014

July 9, 2025 Bernadette

pastel sketch of cat — “Fingerpainting Mewsette”, pastel on tan textured paper, 5″ x 7″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I’m working on a fairly large landscape that is mainly greens*. Mewsette is sleeping on my chair since I’m standing at my easel. She is sufficiently plushy that I decided to do today’s sketch with just the pastel that I had on my fingers, as I did in “Fingerprint Cat”, just brushing my fingers against the paper in different ways to capture the shape of what I was drawing. This obviously produces a soft line, just right for Mewsette.

For her nose I used the end of my pinkie finger, then changed to the flat of my middle finger to cover the paper for her forehead. I used other fingers for her paws and tail and along her back, then turned my fingers on their sides to get the darker, more defined areas. I thought I’d add some highlights so I used my white charcoal pencil to finish.

We’ll note for posterity that I dated the sketch incorrectly. Give me an extra day off and I’m lost.

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