Last night my computer had a conniption and was taken into the care of primary IT First Aider – Mr Worms. As a result blogging was out of the question for a time and I couldn’t even attend to a recent obsession – Solitaire. Yes, that’s how exciting I am.
So, when in doubt, draw. I have been watching my kids do their school work and the glorious drawings they do and their creativity and use of colour and I have decided that I need to stop just copying pictures and start trying to draw stuff in the real world and get a bit more daring. Last night, our cat became my target. I completed two pencil sketches and two crayon drawings. Even when sleeping, the cat moves with surprising regularity so there was a bit of … muddling of poses and a bit of … hiding the evidence from previous poses. And a lot of trying to make his ears look right.
I was using my son’s school crayons for the crayon drawings. They’re small and rectangular and the same width all the way around so it takes some adjusting getting used to them. Detail is quite hard to articulate.
Anyway, enough making excuses. Here’s what I got up to.
Out of the Cave 
I really like these! You do capture all the key features, from the ears to the paws to the contented restful pose. Seems the cat was a good model!
I hope Mr. Worms is able to resolve your computer issue!
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Thank you. I do enjoy drawing. And playing with the crayons is fun.
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These are quiet good, you’ve got talent worms. 🐈
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Thank you! 🙂
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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Fantastic sketches of your furry friend.
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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they’re delightful sketches, Worms: and unique to you; I also love that fairy land pic that prefaces this post 🙂
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Thanks, John. The fairyland, as you delightfully called it, is our front yard. Those hummocks are an Australian cool country grass called scleranthus biflorus. We thought it would spread flatter but it’s made these fascinating humps. The grass is relatively bristly but the humps are spongey like they’re full of air. It was meant to be low traffic but it’s turned out to be no traffic.
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it’s like an enchanted land, something out of ‘The Hobbit’; it fascinates me but I guess you’re used to it 🙂
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We get a lot of intrigued passers by. And we’re very pleased with the experiment. So we may be used to it but we’re no less pleased with the attention. 🙂
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Well done. My obsession is a card game called Hearts 🙂
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I have heard of it but can’t remember it.
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I like it more than solitaire as there is more thinking involved
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I think it’s on Microsoft. We use Linux. I haven’t looked to download it.
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I have a non microsoft version just from an app I found
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👍
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Sorry to hear about your computer. You haven’t been banging away too hard on the keyboard again, have you? 🙂
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😂. Lost my presence of mind and did a blog entry with a hammer. Mr Worms was disappointed.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Lovely drawings that capture the essence of cat!
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Thank you, Ingrid!
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The pencil drawings are wonderful. I absolutely love then. 🥰
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Thank you!!! ❤️
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You have talent in spades Worms. I agree with Misky. 👏
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Thanks, Hobbo. I do like drawing. But for some reason I felt like an imposter when I tried art classes. I have never felt that about writing.
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You have a definite talent for both! 🙂
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