This painting was done after a fairly long gap between sketches – although the gap was filled with finishing off other partly done drawings. This is our cat sitting in his favourite spot in the evening. I have drawn him multiple times, but in this attempt I tried to keep the colours really simple and faded those in the background to make him stand out.
Fri-17-Apr-2026
Drawing the same thing over and over again is therapeutic, which is appropriate because as I sketched this, I was watching the third season of “Shrinking”.
Thu-26-Feb-2026
Here are two sketches of our cats, done with my new Platinum Preppy pen, using the cartridge of blue ink that came with the pen.
Thu-5-Sat-7-Feb-2026
Here is a quick sketch of one of our cats (General Tapioca) in his usual evening spot.
Wed-10-Dec-2025
This is our cat, Captain Haddock, not staying still as I sketched him. So I just included him twice.
Thu-30-Oct-2025
With two cats our house is dredged in cat fluff. We bought this roller to try and get some of it off the couch. It’s also got a cute little paw as a handle!
Mon-20-Oct-2025
Here is Captain Haddock in his favourite position in the evening – sleeping with his head resting on my wife’s leg. He never does this with me – though he does tend to sleep on my side of the bed and plod around me at night. There is no question who is his favourite person.
Thu-16-Oct-2025
General Tapioca (our youngest cat) always sits on the back of the couch in the evenings. Always appearing startled, he never sits on our laps. He’s also a lot smaller than his brother Captain Haddock.
Wed-24-Sep-2025
I’ve said before that I should include a cat sketch in every sketchbook (see sketch No.106-3166), so here is a quick painting for this one. Captain Haddock only seems to get larger and now easily hogs the footstool to himself in the evenings.
Thu-18-Sep-2025