I thank Mr. Sunshine for being the model for this design, and for four little black kittens who inspired it! Your memories are definitely a blessing.

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Right, try drawing cats while they're playing feline hockey. This was as much memory as it was actual sketch!

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Finally, I sketched their outlines in black pastel atop it all.

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I will always remember these simple moments in everyday life with all of them.

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You may recognize this design from the actual dishtowels I print and sell. It seems this expression and posture is familiar to a lot of cat lovers because this dishtowel is quite popular!

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Daily Photo: Mr. Max Has His Eye on That Bunny - The Creative Cat The bunny did not disappoint because at first the bunny was RIGHT THERE!

Such memories, what an amazing group of felines. I just had to share.

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Then the cat flower! And other group photos and a few lovely singles from the last week of May through the years.

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It was easier to control the charcoal for one thing, but I could get that absolute inky black too. Their shapes are so clear.

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Daily Sketch: Three Black Cats The three boys were on the bed earlier yesterday, barely more than silhouettes in the dim light. If my marker had had more juice I may have captured the sense of silhouettes, but at least this caug…

In one method the lines aren't even supposed to overlap or backtrack, but I like to use loops and overlaps to describe details on the subject.

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I donated this original sketch, framed, to the Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center's annual Paws & Prints Benefit in 2014. But I still have prints available on paper and canvas.

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Again, very grateful it wasn't worse.

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"Charcoal pencil with a little pastel...I was in the mood for a bit of color, but no marker or watercolor. Starting to be influenced by spring again, I think.

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I had to rescue it a couple of times this winter, it's a little battered but it's spinning out there in the sun, spinning in a mild breeze.

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I sold the original but have this as a print framed or unframed, and also as a note card. Maybe a few other things in this next round of gift items.

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They were black cats, but the cool light from the north window washed them with that January blue, and here we are with "Winter Cats".

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Until I named them real names I used the color names. Years later, when I started my daily sketches, I incorporated those colors into my sketches of them.

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