Sketch Sunday 13

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It’s funny how it’s harder to find time to sketch when I take a week off than on an average busy working week. Last week there was always something more pressing to do – tidying up a neglected garden, tackling the mannequin legs, weaving. Things that I can’t easily do in a spare ten minutes, as I can with sketching.

I got to Sunday without having done a sketch. Then I spent all of yesterday at an outdoor spa helping a friend celebrate her birthday, and while I did take my sketchbook the conditions were rather, well, wet for sketching. So last night I just kept drawing as much of the cat as I could before he changed positions, until he finally wandered off.

Which was actually more fun than I expected. Accepting that I might not get the entire cat done changed my approach. I picked a part of him and kept adding more for as long as I could. Or else I drew quickly, just outlining him then adding detail – sometimes from memory. I’d like to try this approach again. Perhaps with people, if I can gather up the courage. Drawing people draws attention to yourself… which I suppose is fair enough when you’re focusing so much attention on them!

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  1. A few years ago I decided to do a weaving project inspired by my cat and exactly the same problem! She seemed to know if I was looking at her too closely and would rearrange herself. But some of the best sketches just had an outline, or the detail of a paw, or a nose and some whiskers…

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