charcoal sketch of cat Archives

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

Daily Featured Artwork: Kelly Sleeping On My Lap, 2012

My daily sketches weren’t all black cats—when I began in December 2011 Cookie and Kelly, my two torties, were still

Mr. Sunshine always seems very pleased with himself, especially when he’s working on a good kitty dream. He settled himself

So Giuseppe rests all the time, why draw him now? Just because he looked so velvety black there on my

Jelly Bean ceremoniously settled down on my desk right in front of me and had a complete and energetic bath.

This has become one of my most popular daily sketches, and it’s the one where I really feel I hit

Today I’m still exploring all those interesting foreshortened Giuseppe angles since I had such difficulty yesterday although it came out

I did one main sketch of Mewsette washing her toes, but decided I didn’t like it enough to stand alone

You know how they are with these canvas shopping bags—they hardly hit the floor before you see a cat slowly

I’ve been enjoying exploring these sketches that are on mid-tone paper with black and white pencils, in this case charcoal