Last week we drew dogs, so this week equal time was made for cats. Given how many I have sheltered and fed over the years, I should be better at the cats, but their faces are a challenge—the shape of the eyes, the teensy noses (in some cases), capturing any other expression besides pissed off...cats are harder than they look. (Danny has promised live horses for next week, but color me skeptical.)
I decided, once again, to follow Danny's lead, so I pulled out multiple tools and mixed it up, using different ones for different cats—the gray Pitt brush pen from last week for a couple, a Micron pen in brown for the Siamese or Burmese or whatever Catherine may be, a water-soluble Tombow marker that is fun to bleed with water after you draw for Badger, plus my trusty Uniball, squiggly in one case and smooth in another. It was fun!
I added watercolor to everything afterwards, and put in some whiskers and highlights with my white Signo pen, because whiskers are VERY important to cats.
Between the watching of the video, the drawing, the painting, and the writing up afterwards, this sucked up two hours of my day, which might explain why I am surprised that it is Thursday: No matter how quick you plan to be with your art, it's always more complex and engaging than you expect it to be.
#Drawwithme #SketchbookSkool
Various pens as mentioned, mostly Paul Jackson watercolors, in my Bee Sketchbook.
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