God, the girls you sent to Earth to draw kitties are being forced to work
A practice that makes me feel "enough" that I still don't do every day anyways
For highly creative and ambitious individuals, the ego is prone to attack with thoughts like “I’m not doing enough”, “I’m not doing anything real”.
My drawing practice is maybe my most sacred thing, my closest companion that has grown up with me, and has played an integral part in how I built my identity and how I want to be seen by others.
Almost every time I draw in my sketchbook, specifically the act of closely observing my cats as life models, a little voice inside me says: “If I just did this every day, I would feel good. Everything would be okay.”
I’m experiencing a trifold of benefits from sketching my kitties: A meditative flow state of being, creating a skilled expression of my identity’s devotion to my pets and my craft to share with my community, and a dose of oxytocin from just how cute and perfect the creature I’m beholding is.
I love drawing kitties because … well they’re beautiful, cute, round, soft, and the flicks of the pen that create their little eyebrow whiskers are so satisfying.
They are challenging to draw, but when I have been practicing and I get into the flow I surprise myself with what appears.
They offer a fascinating spectrum of exploration from anatomically precise realism to stylized, kawaii interpretations.
I hope that these sketches have inspired you to explore observational drawing as a gateweay for mindfulness in your life.
Do you have a go-to subject matter for when you want to create rather than conceptualize?
I love this so much!! You’ve always been such an inspiration to me. When I move into my new place in a few months I would love to buy one of your kitty drawings for the living room!! <3