Lately I've been working harder on trying to draw Manon from life. In spite of the fact that I've been drawing cats since the mid-1980s, I've never found it easy. There's something about their anatomy that's hard to capture; maybe there's so much fluff covering their skinny little bodies and skeletons that it's hard to see the underlying structure, and you end up with something that looks like a lumpy bag of fur. They move a lot, even when asleep. I also used to get the proportions wrong. A cat's head is actually quite small compared to their body, and I often drew it too large. Manon is a small cat, only 8 pounds. The fact that she's three-colored also complicates things when working in black-and-white.
Oh, she is just gorgeous. And I love your drawings and paintings of her.
Living with Geronimo, my Siberian cat (named by my then-seven-year-old after a favorite book character; he is now 14) is an endless source of comfort for me.
Oh, she is just gorgeous. And I love your drawings and paintings of her.
Living with Geronimo, my Siberian cat (named by my then-seven-year-old after a favorite book character; he is now 14) is an endless source of comfort for me.
Manon is a beautiful cat 😊 and now I want to read the story of how she came to be your companion...
The first colour sketch captures her roundness, which is such a pleasure to see back.