Daily Sketch: Uneasy Truce
Posted: March 11, 2012 Filed under: animal artwork, black cats, cat artwork, cats, daily sketch, kelly, mimi, senior cats, tortoiseshell cats | Tags: black cats, cat art, cat sketches, cats, charcoal sketch of cat, tortoiseshell cat, two cats 2 CommentsKelly had been enjoying catnip (again) and bathing by the sunny back door, and Mimi wanted to join her. Kelly was fine with this at first, then Mimi moved a little closer and Kelly got nervous so they essentially traded places.
Of course, no one but me would know who this is or that one of the cats is tortoiseshell Kelly. I didn’t even add her facial detail because her face was entirely in shadow, but even that was difficult to catch as every new view I tried as the cats walked around and I stood in the same position in relation to them their faces were different.
For me, it was a lot of interesting and difficult angles as I tried to capture their placement in the moment, then flesh them out later; I had to do a good bit of study after the fact. Often I take a photo of my subject but I only have two hands and if one is holding the sketchbook and the other is sketching, the moment goes by.
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Catnip for Breakfast
Posted: March 11, 2012 Filed under: cat behavior, cat photographs, cats, daily photo, kelly, photographs, senior cats, tortoiseshell cats | Tags: cat photographs, cat with catnip toy, feline photographs, pet photography, photography, tortoiseshell cat 8 CommentsKelly decided to have catnip for breakfast today. Is that a problem?
She was happily eating right next to Mimi on the cabinet, then abruptly and deliberately jumped down and headed right past the Fantastic Four on the Floor eating their breakfast, a brave move for Kelly. Her destination was obviously the catnip toy with the pink plume feather which seems to be her favorite.
I don’t know, if it can take Kelly away from her breakfast, I think it may be a pretty serious issue, beyond the usual effects of catnip.
First she threw herself down next to it and took a big deep sniff, pulling some of the dishtowels headed for the basement into the act.
Then she wiggled and rolled around on it.
Then she flopped herself nearly upside down.
It is good to see Kelly relaxing, and after her little nip she got the munchies and ate a really good breakfast. In any case, it was a great start to the day.
And, yes, this is the same timid little Kelly I’ve been writing about in A Little Bit About Kelly—what a difference a decade makes!
Here’s Kelly just the other day with the same catnip toy. I’ll have to find out what’s in that particular toy; their Aunt Carolyn gave them a bunch to try out that she wants to sell in her online store, MyThreeCats.com—this is not a product placement, we want to thank her publicly!
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Sepia Miniatures, Feline Photos Set
Posted: March 11, 2012 Filed under: animal artwork, cat artwork, cat photographs, cats, my household of felines, photographs | Tags: cat artwork, cat merchandise, cat photography, feline artwork, framed photos set, photo miniatures, photography 2 CommentsI’m sorting through merchandise as I bring it back from my shop and found these three photos. It seems so long ago I took these photos, and I realize it was nearly 20 years ago. We were all so young, what a sweet memory!
I don’t like to leave things packed away—I forget they are there, and I forget where they are, so as much as possible I hang things on the wall. These three will hang near the kitchen doorway again, but I’d love to find a home for them.
Cats love to hang out in the sun, and sometimes the combination of their markings and the light and shadow can create an abstract effect, especially in black and white. I love miniatures too, especially in sets, just little accents that make a statement all their own.
These are three of my favorite little black and white photos which I printed in sepia to match the walnut-stained frames, and hand-cut black core mats to match in tan and natural white.
“Speckle Sally Walking” featuring my long-haired white cat and “Speckle Stanley Napping” featuring my tabby Stanley are vertical images matted with natural white on top with a black core.
“Sunny Cookie” featuring my tortie girl lying in a diagonal strip of sun is a horizontal image matted in ecru with a black core.
Frame size is 3.5″ x 5″, mat opening is 1.5″ x 3″.
Frames are solid wood, walnut stained but with no polyurethane so the texture of the wood shows in a matte finish.
You can find the listed in my Etsy shop under Sepia Miniatures, Feline Photos Set.