Cats Times Three

Finally finished all of these cat portraits...whew. I added

some pastel in their fur; it softens up the colored pencil

lines, and helps blend it all together. I will mat them and

they will be ready for the customer.

I am going to get back to working on some of my art for

licensing. I am planning to approach some of the licensing

agencies, and see if they would be interested in any of my

work. So I am getting it organized and catagorized in order

to present it effectively. (that can be hard for us "right brained"

people...) I have no problem creating it...it's the marketing

part that is a struggle. But I am determined to at least get

some of it out there, and see where it goes!

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Black Cats Times Two

I have one more drawing to do of these

two cats. This is the preliminary sketch of

them. I am doing it in colored pencil, and I start

with the lightest values that will be underneath

all of the darker greys and blacks. When you add

some other layers of color, it gives a richness and

depth to the drawing that would not be there if I

just colored them all black. There will be some blues,

purples, and browns mixed into their fur.

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the Other Cat

I still have these cat portraits to do. I worked on this

one tonight, and it is just about finished. I still have to

do one of the two cats together. I do have a great

photograph of them, so I will try to start that tomorrow.

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11 x 14 Pet Portrait $125.00

Cat #2

Started on this one tonight...will be finished soon.

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For the Love of Cats

I was asked today to draw some pet portraits

of these two black cats. I have to do one of each

of them, and then a drawing of both together.

They are very similar in appearance; one has

longer hair and larger eyes. My daughter has

a cat that looks very similar to these. It is a

challenge to draw such black animals. You have

to add some color to distinguish their coats,

some blue, purple, white and grey.

This client is the same one that I drew the dogs

for before Christmas. She does not need the

drawings for awhile, so I will start on them in

a couple of weeks.

I had an interesting conversation today with my

neighbor. She called to say her cat was missing. She

called him "Socks" and said he was grey with white

chest and feet. She also said he had just started coming

up to the house, and she had been feeding him. But he

disappeared on Saturday, and she wondered if he was

over at my house. I told her I had not seen him. But then

I started thinking about the situation. I have a grey

and white cat, Huey. He stays gone all during the day,

and is usually the last one I put up at night. I am

beginning to wonder if he is "Socks" to his other family!

I will have to get to the bottom of the cat mystery....

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