General Tapioca often looks pissed off with me (probably for disturbing and petting him) – or if not that – startled or terrified. He does have rare moment of friendliness, where he goes a bit mad purring and rubbing around your legs. You might notice a second sketch overlapping with this …because of course he didn’t stay still when I drew him!
Thu-14-Aug-2025
I doubt this will be my only cat sketch in this sketchbook. Here is Captain Haddock sleeping next to me on the couch with his face buried in the blanket. I draw a lot of still life sketchers, but prefer to sketch what is around me. At the time I sketched this, it had been raining steadily for days and there was flooding all over the city.
Tue-22-Jul-2025
I wasn’t planning to sketch our cat (Captain Haddock) on this particular evening, but thought why not? He’s getting bigger and bigger and hogs the footstool most evenings.
Fri-27-Jun-2025
With this sketch I was sticking to the idea of sketching whatever is in front of me…in this case, Captain Haddock in one of his favourite spots in the evening – though he prefers to sit there when my wife is also trying to use the footstool. A malong (a traditional Filipino garment) is a large, tube-shaped piece of cloth that is wrapped around the body, worn by men and women.
Tue-18-Feb-2025
One of my sketchbooks wouldn’t be complete without a sketch of our cats. Here they are on their cat condo. Captain Haddock, who seems to get bigger each day (big boned I say, not fat), hangs over the edge of the bit he prefers to sit on. General Tapioca is still small and seems like he is going to be kitten sized forever.
Fri-7-Feb-2025
Our cats (who are brothers, but a few years apart), are looking more and more like each other. The main difference is that Captain Haddock is huge and General Tapioca seems like he is always going to be little.
Tue-3-Dec-2024
Our cat, Captain Haddock, has decided that this old pizza box is his favourite spot at the moment and he spends all day camped out there, sleeping. Naturally every morning, when I get up (and several times during the day), I trip over the box. This sketch (very roughly) follows the prompt of “camp” for Day 22 of #Inktober2024.
Sat-8-Nov-2024
Here is another sketch of our cat, Captain Haddock. Recently I reassembled our cat condo and we fixed this cushion onto the highest spot (my wife added a drawstring to the cushion made by our daughter). This makes it more stable and it has now become Haddock’s favourite snoozing spot. According to animal behaviour experts, many cats prefer to sleep in places that have good vantage points, as this gives them an aerial advantage for spotting any potential dangers (or watch potential prey) without being seen.
Tue-17-Sep-2024
I did these little sketches in the evenings, following one of our cats around the living room. It was his birthday the other day…so I thought it was time I sketched him again. Usually he hides under the table…but then moves around as soon as I start sketching him. I think he knows what I am doing, so doesn’t stay still for long – and as soon as I get up he steals my seat.
Thu-27 & Fri-28-Jun-2024