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When I created this little sketch I called it “Sunfall”, yet when I first posted it I called it “Quiet

Featured Daily Sketch: Pink Twilight, 2014

The deep shadows of a summer twilight, the pink reflecting back down from the sky into the window. Mimi naps

Giuseppe, Mr. Sunshine and Mimi hangin’ out with me in the kitchen. Often when I draw these five black cats,

Though I painted this sketch on June 27, July is an important anniversary month for Mimi, and of course this

Here I’m trying to catch my impression of Jelly Bean on the table by Cat TV, where the leaves from

Back to good old drawing pencil, my first and favorite medium. Not that they’d all keep still while I sketched

Mr. Sunshine and Jelly Bean observing what’s happening outside the front door, mostly involving chipmunks and birds and occasionally Buddy

2025: I so clearly see Mimi and Jelly Bean here, not just their distinct shapes, but the setting as well.

Mimi enjoys her daily sunbath while Mewsette watches the birds from my studio window on the second floor. One more

So this is a daily sketch of something that happened, but it was not done in real time as I