Bravely going where no cat has gone before – pen & ink sketches

At long last, I’ve begun to sketch again. I’ve been trying to draw buildings, but they really aren’t ready for prime time yet. I seem to have a problem with getting things aligned properly – things tend to list to the right on most of my drawings. Not sure why but it’s quite annoying. I’ve [...]

Going to the birds

Well, not literally … I haven’t drawn much in the past two weeks. I’m on a migraine medication that has given me fuzzy vision when it comes to close up work.  Ah side effects, you have to love them. On the plus side, it has meant very few migraines!!!  But I haven’t been able to [...]

How much is that cat in the window?

When I started drawing again, I sketched a variety of topics before I found a peculiar joy in drawing birds. Back in June I came across an old photo of a cat I owned many years ago. He loved sitting watching the birds and squirrels and one day I was lucky enough to capture him, [...]

Cheek by beak

I have a terrible time with perspective. It often takes a couple of tries to get a particular aspect correct. A good example is the sketch of my little House Finch. The first one was coming along fine, until I hit his beak. Take a look: From Catpaw’s Art work – birds Beaks are a [...]

A couple of new birds for you and running for cover

Wow did we get a storm yesterday!! Looks like a couple of funnel clouds touched down outside of Toronto and the high winds here in the Toronto area did tremendous amount of damage. About 22,000 people in the area are without hydro and hundreds have been evacuated because of damage done to natural gas lines. [...]

I wondered where all the pillows went

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