When one’s mood is a bit off centre, contouring may help. It doesn’t help the mood, but it helps the drawing.
Stalking the cats with a pilot pen, just doing lines, not trying to achieve likeness, keeping the pen on the paper and the eyes on the subject. It helps a lot to loosen up.
Pilot pen, waterbrush in sketchbook.
…contouring the unwilling…
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Your kitty drawings have lots of personality. And I loved the cooked fish (a nice compliment to Jeanette’s raw ones!!)
January 8, 2009 at 3:49 pm
With the chilly weather we are having here I would like to have one at my feet! Great!
January 8, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Well, your contours have put MY mood in great shape, Ronell. I love that face in the middle of the first sketch.
Thanks.
annie
January 8, 2009 at 4:39 pm
These are wonderful! I love them all!ÅÅÅÅÅÅFDC
OOPS, That was MY cat typing!
January 8, 2009 at 4:47 pm
These are delightful, full of the essence of kitty. The poses are just right.
January 8, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I LOVE these drawings. Why don’t I ever remember to play with contour/blind contour drawings? Probably because mine don’t look anything like this!
January 8, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Yes they do look a bit perturbed but you captured them anyway – Fun Post and your blind contour drawing whilst stalking is amazing!!
January 8, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Oh – I do like these. I do something similar with my cats insofar as they tend to be the only subjects I use indoors for blind contour drawings
I love the use of the waterbrush with this.
January 9, 2009 at 2:01 am
Ooooh, I love your kitties, Ronell…AND your new banner, wow…
January 9, 2009 at 3:54 pm
These are delightful!
January 9, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Some of those expressions are priceless, Ronell! They certainly don’t look willing – high dudgeon more like it but pure essence of cats.
January 9, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I agree–what a good exercise. These are wonderful! I need to do more of these.
January 9, 2009 at 7:32 pm
fabulous idea Ronnell. i like your use of the waterbrush too.
January 9, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Catness captured in such a lively way.
January 10, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Wonderful! You do so much with so little…
January 10, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Thanks for visiting and the kind comments!
ronell
January 13, 2009 at 6:50 pm
These are wonderful! It’s hard to feel grumpy when looking at contour cats!
January 25, 2009 at 6:32 am
Much more than contour. Your kits have lots of personality.
January 30, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Goodness, I’ve been away too long. These have so much character – I love them! And I totally agree that contour drawing is a very good way of getting back into a calm state of mind and just learning to look and focus again. I often do some when my drawing has gone craggy and I’m feeling cranky.
February 10, 2009 at 10:09 am
Ah, Ronell, i agree the contour drawings may not improve the mood, but boy is their looseness so pleasing to the eye! I like this kitty series — you’re inspiring me to dive in and draw my Marvin.
February 25, 2009 at 4:21 am