I had to rush this sketch a bit. Captain Haddock loves to sleep on this rather chewed old pizza box – so who needs a cat bed? Having old pizza boxes (plus cardboard boxes and bits of paper he has picked out of the bin to play with) laying around the house, doesn’t do that well for the ambiance though!
Mon-15-Jun-2026
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