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Gibbs (Grey Tabby Cat) Modeled, 3

Posted on March 20, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Laughing! Gibbs likes a good joke! To make your Monday more bearable! I cannot lie. He was yawning and I caught it on the camera. Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, White Uniball Signo, … Continue reading →

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Our Grey Tabby Gibbs Modeled, 2

Posted on March 18, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

I think he looks a bit like a pig in this one…. He is a handsome cat, not a pig! He did not want me to post this one. curled into his favorite chair, the Del Rey Monterey rocker. .Hahnemühle … Continue reading →

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Gibbs (Grey Tabby Cat) Modeled, 1

Posted on March 17, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

HE DOES LOVE HIS FOOD… Kibble. He does not get it all the time as he porks up too much on it. When he gets what he wants he always comes to rub against us to tell us how very … Continue reading →

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Soft Kitty Warm Kitty

Posted on August 7, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

I drew the lines using Soft Kitty Warm Kitty ink in a Pilot Metropolitan with a stub nib. A waterbrush moved the lines without erasing them by moving it fairly fast only ONCE over the sketched lines (before below). I … Continue reading →

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Cat Fort

Posted on July 7, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

We build cat forts for the cats to play in… Elaborate or simple play area that sometimes use their travel carriers, which makes them love their carriers too. Long packing paper is woven through the carriers, and they love the … Continue reading →

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Lifting Paint

Posted on May 19, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve heard of lifting paint but never tried it. I didn’t like the looks of the heavy gouache on the nose of the Pinto Pony, and so I thought I’d give it a try. I carefully and gently used a … Continue reading →

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Gibbs, Acrobat Cat

Posted on December 2, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

He gets into everything… He is a chonky fella now so it is a bit worrisome when he decides to walk along a narrow 2-inch walkway or worse, try and walk along the edge of a basket!!! I say “NO!” … Continue reading →

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Izzee the Climber

Posted on August 12, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

She is incorrigible… A climber, and as she is an indoor, and mostly in studio cat, she climbs the metal racks (scares the crap out of us) and then makes sure we see her. We’ve put kleenex boxes in all … Continue reading →

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Liza, a Commission

Posted on August 18, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

Liza is a commission for a friend to gift in remembrance of her furbaby! I started several versions of her, and the difficulty was that she was white, white, and grey… and white! White is harder to define… Finally the … Continue reading →

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Rona2: The Squirt

Posted on June 18, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

She is the little Squeak, the Squirt — the kitten who didn’t make it to foster care for a couple more days after her siblings were found, and so also, missed feedings and started life the runt. She’s not getting … Continue reading →

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Hari-Gibbs-Fred Meets the Horses!

Posted on February 16, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

We set up the studio so the cats have a little more run time when they are in the studio. *okay, truth be told they get under our feet sometimes and this gives them a whole lotta space* They can … Continue reading →

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Inktober 24, Hari aka Fred

Posted on October 24, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

We fall in love with the energy of a soul in a photo. Tiny Fred began his story way up a tree in a neighborhood in Washington State. Boys playing heard his cries, and brought him to the grandparents. Nobody … Continue reading →

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Inktober 23, Hari aka Fred

Posted on October 23, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

These are sketches from Hari’s days when he was a foster kitten, lovingly taken care of by a responsible young man who did not want to let him go. They allowed me to use the images they took of “Fred,” … Continue reading →