Nov4

Jimmie Chew, Fin and Darnell have been Brushed!

Posted on November 4, 2011 by heretherebespiders

A lovely young cat visited my blog and liked my finger paintings enough to request a portrait. How could I ever say no?
This is Jimmie Chew, he has a photo-diary blog of his own where you can follow his busy day, from nap to car trip to glamour modelling.

Jimmie is the star and narrator of his blog, but he has two feline ‘brothers.’ I didn’t want them to feel missed out, so here is Fin, a lovely grey gentleman:

And this is Darnell. He is all black and seriously challenged my abilities. I need to figure out how to paint in reverse.

As always, I am happy to have handsome, willing models to draw. I learn more with every picture. Thank you, boys!

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minlit on November 4, 2011 at 11:09 am said:

Excellent! Love the Jimmie one. If you want to draw a black cat, you could try the pink panther background way and use white chalk on black paper. Think that has to be my favourite style of all time.

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- heretherebespiders on November 4, 2011 at 11:23 am said:
  
  Thank you! I do need to experiment more. I wanted to get all three done last night so I didn’t try. Next time!
  
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jimmie chew on November 4, 2011 at 12:57 pm said:

We look GOOD!!!
Thank you so much, we will keep them forever!!

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- heretherebespiders on November 4, 2011 at 2:02 pm said:
  
  You always look good! You are very welcome, it was my pleasure 🙂
  
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littlemiao on November 4, 2011 at 1:02 pm said:

These are lovely! You really captured Jimmie’s playful expression. Awwww.

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- heretherebespiders on November 4, 2011 at 1:50 pm said:
  
  Thank you! You are a fantastic photographer. Wow! Nearly every pic you post would be perfect for drawing. The Miao’s are a gorgeous bunch!
  
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  - littlemiao on November 4, 2011 at 11:37 pm said:
    
    Awww, thank you too. 🙂
    
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sledpress on November 4, 2011 at 1:30 pm said:

Have you seen the lovely kitties at Azahar’s blog?
http://azahar.me/2011/09/18/mira-la-luna/
That post is just crying out for brushing…

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- heretherebespiders on November 4, 2011 at 1:49 pm said:
  
  Ohmygawd, Luna is soooo cute, those big eyes and that schnozz! And they have a Loki to my Lokii, also! I need to look at your cats, too – I see you have a Bengal!
  
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philosophermouseofthehedge on November 4, 2011 at 4:44 pm said:

Nice! Black cat sketching delimma reminded me of a painting teacher from Santa Fe. She instructed us to not use lines to create a form, but to instead fill in the background around the form to reveal the shape. Took some rewiring of brain, but interesting results

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- heretherebespiders on November 5, 2011 at 12:28 am said:
  
  Good idea! I like the white background as it looks best on a blog, but I’m willing to experiment!
  
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Dianda on November 4, 2011 at 9:22 pm said:

So goodlooking!

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Annette on November 5, 2011 at 1:17 pm said:

Hi – am becoming a regular reader, love the blog, thank you. Am now plucking up courage to ask, please would you be willing to brush some cats for me? If so, how much, and how best to get pics to you?

Thank you!

Annette

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- heretherebespiders on November 5, 2011 at 5:47 pm said:
  
  Oh, Annette, you’ve thrown me for a loop! I’ll email you directly about it.
  
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