Stray Kitten

Stray Kitten

Image by CaptPiper
This beautiful little cat was a visitor at our house in October. She was a stray the students found at retreat. The camp owner assured me that she was a stray and, knowing a bleeding heart when he saw one, added that she probably would not survive the winter if she did not find a home. The students couldn't take her home on the bus, but I had driven my car to camp, so I took her home to live with me until a line-up of volunteer potential cat-owners could check with mom and dad for permission to add her to the family. We had no trouble finding her a home. But while she stayed with us, I took pictures. Of course.

I realize I have been lax in my duties and not posted kitten pictures in a while. Adventure Cat Exie in her dormant state:

Image by FishHeadNed
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Itty bitty kitty (well, he used to be)

Image by splityarn
I found a bunch of kitten pictures while cruising through my folders. This just proves that Teek was a ham right from the get go.

If he sat on my shoulder now, he'd probably dislocate it.

cute kitten play, drawn on May 23, 2010

Image by aaipodpics
When I saw this picture on Flickr, my first thought was how great it would be to draw this as my warm-up sketch. I wish I hadn't, because this one is a bit to hard for my comfort level. I tried anyway and 1 hour and 45 minutes later I got this.

I think it's a good approximation of what I felt when I saw this picture. There are still some things wrong with it, but since it's a warm-up sketch, I'm not going to correct those mistakes.

Baby steps, baby steps. I'm sure one day I can create an awesome drawing of two cats playing. First I have to learn the rules of the game, though.

Cuddly Kittens

Image by Patrick Haney
Before our family pictures, Matt messed around with some of the props.