Monday 4 May 2009

Sleepy catdog

Elvis is worn out from chasing The Nothing* round the house all day and is now having a full-on slob across the back of the sofa. I grabbed the nearest pen (a fine nibbed calligraphy marker) and did a couple of very quick sketches of him.

Number one. This is on the back of some paper I had been using to try and break in a new very scratchy nib, which is what all the funny shapes are.



Number two. He kept moving in his sleep.

Here's what he looks like right now. Bad webcam photo but just look how huge he is. I measured him and he's about 24 inches long. All the better for cuddling.



*The Nothing is Elvis' nemesis. He likes to chase it round the house at 3am.

13 comments:

Alex said...

Great job with the quick sketch Aveen ^^ And Elvis is simply adorable!
My quick sketch usually is 10 times worse and usually I can't really make out what I drew.

r garriott said...

Great sketches of Elvis cat! Nice line you have.

seesue said...

Your sketches are wonderful! Especially the non-moving one (of course).

Stephie @ Narrative Self said...

That belly needs a tickle! Lovely sketches, really like the happy smile on the first one.

Ashley Inzer said...

My two chase "the nothing" around the house at 10:30 pm every night. I wonder what would happen if I started doing it with them? If nothing else i guess it would be good exercise.

Simply EC said...

When I read "The Nothing" the first thing I thought of was the wolf from the Neverending Story.
Its a little freaky that he chases that around your HOUSE!

Anonymous said...

These are lovely! You have really captured the feline shape.

Lindart said...

Elvis looks just like my Penny! Great sketches! I haven't tried sketching my cats yet, but I should - they sleep enough!

Unknown said...

i love your sketches - especially the cat!!
xox

Leigh said...

Love these sketches. You did a fabulous job of capturing him. Wish my cat would be still enough fo me to catch her..Wonderful!

Aveen said...

Thank you all for your lovely comments!

Stevie - he does always have a really stupid grin when he's asleep. Makes me wonder what he's dreaming about :)

Ann said...

These are great sketches. Elvis isn't at all spoiled, is he?

andrea joseph's sketchblog said...

lovely sketches. happy 100th!

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