
Counting Cats. Pastel, gouache, and digital painting.
The title says it! I started this in pastel on my desk and kept adding to it, finding cat after cat and simply going along. Added some more in gouache and and a bit of old watercolor before scanning it and doodling again while testing digital brushes.
I listen to audio dramas while I work (bluetooth earbuds are awesome things, I’ve only recently discovered) and can add detail for ages if the story is good. I have several artworks going and hop between them, depending on whether I think the current audio drama fits the color palette.
Such are the odd habits creatives develop while getting lost in their craft, I suppose! I’ve been working later at night again, too. I’m just a night owl and I might have to embrace it. Although, in summer, the early mornings are the only time of day here in Phoenix where I can venture outside and not immediately bake.
Still waiting for rain here. We’re setting some dangerous heat records. Staying indoors! Hope you’re enjoying July so far and that it’s more bearable where you are.
One cat just leads to another.
― Ernest Hemingway, Selected Letters 1917-1961


















