Drawing of a cat called Zoey in ballpoint pen and watercolor

April 22, 2015

This is Zoey the cat from Island-Cats.com A blog about.. Cats! On an island! Go read it! And thanks to the Island-Cats.com for the request!

I didn’t feel 100% “in the zone” for this one. When I keep thinking about what I ought be doing, some of the stress tends to shine through in the drawing. In this case, I think that the composition sufered a bit. I’m quite happy about the watercolor-touch, but she appears to be floatin mid-air and halfway out of the frame. I would have preferred to just focus on the face on this one I think – or perhaps draw the whole cat with a bit of extra space around it.

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That was my 457th drawing.

Category : Animals, Photo reference

Tags : animal, Art, ballpoint pen, cat, Drawing, Island-cats, painting, Watercolor, Zoey

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28 thoughts on “Drawing of a cat called Zoey in ballpoint pen and watercolor”

Austin Towers @ CATachresis on April 22, 2015 at 11:14 am said:

It’s lovely to see Zoey and she is such a beautiful cat. I think you have caught her essence perfectly!

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OneDrawingDaily on April 22, 2015 at 11:51 am said:

Thanks a lot! I’m glad you think so 🙂

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onespoiledcat on April 22, 2015 at 11:34 am said:

Well done……..love Zoey’s green eyes and the other accents of watercolor……you captured her sweet face.

Pam

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OneDrawingDaily on April 22, 2015 at 11:52 am said:

Thanks!

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Cody-Cat Chat (@CatChatCaren) on April 22, 2015 at 12:37 pm said:

I love the accent of color too…she looks a little “surprised” but maybe she was? I think she came out quite well!

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OneDrawingDaily on April 22, 2015 at 12:54 pm said:

Thanks. She does indeed look surprised. In the photo it’s not so much the case. http://www.island-cats.com/?p=26397 – i tihnk that maybe if only i had drawn the eyes to look slightly up, it would have helped.. I also just noticed that it appears that her paw is coming out of her neck..

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Laura (PA Pict) on April 22, 2015 at 1:56 pm said:

Lovely face and great eyes.

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OneDrawingDaily on April 22, 2015 at 2:24 pm said:

Thanks!

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catfromhell on April 22, 2015 at 1:56 pm said:

excellent use of colour! Gives Zoey depth. Other than the paw – I like the composition.

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OneDrawingDaily on April 22, 2015 at 2:24 pm said:

Thanks! The paw most definitely is a little strange.

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kirkistan on April 22, 2015 at 2:45 pm said:

I like it. I like the color highlighting.

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OneDrawingDaily on April 22, 2015 at 4:47 pm said:

Thanks!

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Josue Salazar on April 22, 2015 at 7:03 pm said:

Whoa this is super good, may I ask what sketch book are you using? it looks to work very well with watercolors!

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OneDrawingDaily on April 22, 2015 at 7:13 pm said:

Thanks a lot 🙂
It’s a moleskine watercolor sketchbook. I don’t know anything about paper, but it’s the only kind of moleskine that works with watercolor. I haven’t tried many others, but i know that stillman and birns make sketchbooks with really good paper for watercolor aswell. I have one from their “beta” series. My skills really aren’t evolved enough for me to get all obsessive about which kind of sketchbook and paper i use, but i just can’t help it 😉

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