My Drawings of Cats

[EmmaG]

Hi Everybody,

Now I hope this is the best place for me to post up some of my drawings I have done for members of another cat site. I have only been drawing since August 2005 so I am very new and learning loads with each drawing I do.

Anyway I will let the drawings speak for themselves, all of the following drawings have been done using coloured pencils:-

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440angie_072-med.jpg






http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Twinkie_and_Sugar_039-med.jpg

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440etceterascan-final-med.jpg

[EmmaG]

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440buddy_049-med.jpg

[EmmaG]

This one was done in pastels

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440punky-scan2-med.jpg

[EmmaG]

This is one I am working on at the moment

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Mia_046-med.jpg

[Fran]

Your drawings are beautiful, you are very talented. Look forward to seeing some more.........

[Az]

WOW! they are amazing Emma!!

They are all ace, and I Love that one you did in pastels!! Keep up the good work you are clearly very talented and its hard to believe you've been drawing for less than a year!

[EmmaG]

If anybody would like a drawing done of their cat, please pm me and let me know, I don't charge for these as this is a hobby for me and I find it good practice, I also really enjoy drawing cats where I know the owner will get some enjoyment out of my drawing (well I can hope!!) What I will do is email you a scan of the drawing and you can print it out on your own printer, or use it as a desktop, if you don't like the picture you don't have to have the scan. I will mention that as this is a hobby I do these in my spare time so I cannot say when I will be able to start a drawing or how long they will take, so I cannot guarantee much! I also cannot guarantee how the drawing will turn out, all of the above I am quite happy with. Don't be frightened to ask me if you would like a drawing done of your cat, I don't bite :)

I hope you all enjoy my drawings, and comments would be appreciated :)

[Fran]

That's extremely kind of you Emma! I may take you up on your offer ;)

[EmmaG]

Excellent!!! Don't be shy!!!

:)

[bobbie3917]

yes i think i will be pm'ing you LOL

great pic u are very good

[dinahsmum]

These are just lovely Emma - well done:) Especially like the pastel.
I think it must be wonderful to have a natural talent like that. Wish I did:roll:

[Moli]

They are beautiful Emma, think I will be pming you too!!

[Mags]

Absolutely beautiful Emma!!

[Het]

They are beautiful Emma, you have a wonderful talent and you capture the cats eyes and expression so brilliantly.

[janey83]

they are beautiful, keep it up.

[deester]

Your drawings are fantastic.

[Lorraine]

just love your drawings and particulary the pastel have pm,d you

[samwise]

They are beautiful drawings! Amazing!:cat3 :cat3

I may well be pm'ing you, if you are not too overun!

[Naomi]

Those drawings are amazing!!

[EmmaG]

No I am not overun (although I do have quite a few to do) please anybody who wants a drawing just PM me :)

[Az]

*goes to hunt out a nice pic of Cheetah!*

Thanks Emma you are really kind! If I pay for the material used and P+P may I have the original? Sorry if thats Cheeky!

[bobbie3917]

i was going to ask the same Azz :lol:

[Az]

I wouldn't mind paying a bit extra either because it does take a lot of time and effort and so wouldn't expect to have the original artwork for free. :)

[Fran]

Yeah, I'd be interested in the original too Emma if that was possible?

[Mags]

I, too, would be interested in the original Emma if it's possible?

[smudgley]

Wow - Emma - they are very good & I would be very keen for you to draw my cats, I would gladly pay - or make a donation to Cats protection (as that's the charity I am involved with):cool:

[Emm]

you are so talented - your work is beautiful and you definately don't need to practise! you really know how to capture the essence of the cat - well done!

p.s - I think you should charge because talent like yours deserves to be rewarded

I have seen a few artists work but yours is definatley by far the best! :D

[EmmaG]

wow thanks guys for your kind comments :)

I have already purchased loads of paper and materials so I am not interesting in charging for these pictures, any other hobby would cost me money and I get so much enjoyment from doing the drawings especially if the owner likes the finished piece.

If anybody wants to pay me I would prefer that they donate to their local cats protection/RPSCA.

If anybody wants to own one of my original drawings I will be happy to send them to anybody in the UK. Postage and packaging materials for the UK won't cost a lot for a pencil drawings (I will have to check the final postage cost) but it wouldn't be more than £5.

Most of my drawings are on A3 paper, the pencil drawing I have posted up on black paper was on A4.

[EmmaG]

Attached is another drawing I did, again using coloured pencils :)





http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440JoeJoeBoy_042.jpg

[bobbie3917]

these pic are getting better and better

[Mags]

They are so life-like:smt007

[EmmaG]

Thanks!!

I have found that if I can get the eyes right the rest seems to follow quite well.

[Fran]

I think that the eyes are your speciality, I have never seen cat's eyes captured so lifelike.....

[Tom]

AWWWW your pictures are great ... they really are beautiful .. good luck with them :-)

[Az]

I will pm you when I get a decent pic of Cheetah Em! :lol:

[LaKitten]

Those are the most wonderful kitty drawings I have ever seen!!!!

[Az]

Those are the most wonderful kitty drawings I have ever seen!!!!

I Agree La Kitten!

Can't wait to see more of them :lol:

[LaKitten]

Well my husband and I belong to an Art Gallery and I truely think her drawings of cats are the best that I have ever seen!!!

Emma... you should be selling those! You have a wondeful talent. :)

[EmmaG]

Thanks everybody,

Hi LaKitten, a lot of people have said that I should sell my drawings but I really just think the process of selling them is a hassle and I would rather be drawing :)

Just to give you guys some idea of how I start one of my drawings here is the start of a new drawing, at the moment I am trying to get the eyes and nose correct.

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Jack_004.jpg

[Mags]

What a good idea Emma....who knows we may all be able to draw a cat by watching you stage by stage :-D I think the eyes and nose are brilliant even without the rest of the cat!!

[EmmaG]

Thanks Mags, I saw this way of drawing on another forum and thought I would try this way too. I learn so much with each drawing I do, and I would recommend anybody who wants to take up drawing to just have a go, you never know how good you are until you give it a go. :)

[Mags]

It's the eyes I would get stuck on Emma......how on earth do you get them looking so life like??? :shock:

[CathyW]

they are lovely drawings what a talent u have,ive just taken a photo of my 3 all together,when i get it devoled ill scan it and send it on to u.first time i managed to get all 3 of mine together LOL they where waiting for thier dinner:D

[Luke]

oh excellent your work is alot like Lesley Anne Ivory, very good, oh and i'll be PM'ing you in due course :lol: and i too will send some money to post me the original :grin:

[EmmaG]

Mags,

Firstly you have to make sure you get any highlights of the eyes in the correct place there is usually one main highlight where the light enters the eye and their will be a corresponding highlight (although normally very subtle)

With the iris you just need to layer the colours until you get a more or less exact match to the colour of the cat you are drawing, I also check very carefully the size and location of the cats eyes, I will measure this countless times to make sure they are all in proportion. With the nose it is always the same angle as the cats eyes, therefore if the cats eyes are at an angle the nose will be as well.

Also shading is very important in getting the cats eyes to look correct.

[Mags]

:lol: Emma I had a go at copying your eyes and nose sketch and I can honestly say that is the first time I have ever done anything that resembles a cat!!! It's not a patch on yours mind, but even my hubby could tell what it was:lol:
Did you go to Art College?

[EmmaG]

Thats excellent!!! hey practice makes perfect :)

No I didn't go to Art College or any art classes, the only art I did was at school, which was 16 years ago. I start drawing again in August of this year :)

[Az]

The last pic you posted is brill Emma and would look fantastic as an art piece on a wall in a contemporay styled building. If it was on a white canvas and they eyes were the same colour as the wall it would look very striking!

You are very talented Emma I rekon you will be famous one day :mrgreen:

[samwise]

Brilliant!!!:shock: :D
You will be our claim to fame in the future I am sure!!:D :D

[irena20]

Hello Emma,
Yours drawings are very good. I have Persian cats, had kittens not that long ago and plenty of pictures of them. Have a look at mine threads. I could even post you original of any of those pictures or take some more pictures. I’ve noticed in your drawing, there no Persian cats yet :lol: :oops: . I would be over the moon if you decide to draw one but only if one of them will inspire you :cool:. Thank you for sharing with us

[EmmaG]

Thanks Samwise and Az :) I am not sure about being famous though ;)

Here is an update on the picture I am drawing, the cat has very unusual colouring being very black and grey so I have loads of darkening up of the fur to do, with this cat I have laid down all of the fur in correct direction and then I can darken it up where I need to

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Jack_012.jpg

[Jac]

I love you to do one of my two, but I'll let the rush dye down first LOL

[EmmaG]

Hi Irena,

Yes of course I will draw your cats, just checked the pictures of the kittens ...they are totally gorgeous!! No I haven't done any persian cats yet, my next cat to draw is a Maine Coon, which I am really looking forward to drawing. I will have a go at drawing anything :) all of the cats inspire me :)

Irena please email me your pictures to EJG@Supanet.com, stating which pictures you prefer and if you want any changes done to the drawing, and I will have a go at a drawing for you.

[yola]

Emma - your pictures are stunning. I DID go to art school but would never be able to draw like that (ok, it was a little while ago now . . . but I still wouldn't be able to even get close)

The detail in the fur and the life in the eyes is seriously good. These cats could jump off the page!!

I would adore to have some pictures of my fluffy family; I suppose persians would present their own challenge as they are more difficult to draw. I will wait for the rush to die down also as I don't want to swamp you :)

[EmmaG]

Hi Yola thanks for your kind comments. I am not sure that a persian cat is going to be more difficult to draw, just a bit different, I think it is going to be a case of laying down the colour of the fur and making sure the lighting/shadows are correct.

I also do pictures using pastels and these do lend themselves to long haired animals a bit better than coloured pencils.

Well I have a Maine Coon to do next so I will let you all know how the pencils go on the long fur :)

[EmmaG]

Here is a drawing of a cat I did for one of the other forums, they run an art contest and although I am quite busy drawing the other cats I thought I would enter into the contest, the eyes were done using coloured pencil and the rest is charcoal. I did this in about 1.5 hours, so it was very quick for me, most of my coloured pencil drawings take over 10 hours to complete.

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Zeus_003-med.jpg

[bobbie3917]

Great Pic
Did U Win?

[Abbi]

WOW! They are stunning - can you add me to your long list please??

Is there a waiting list Emma? How long do they take to do - I would really love one!

Thank you
Abbi

[EmmaG]

Hi Abbi,

Yes of course I can add you to my list, please email me your pictures to EJG@Supanet.com and I will have a go at a drawing for you.

Depending upon the actual drawing sometimes they only take a couple of hours sometimes they take over 10 hours to complete.

Bobbie there is a closing date on the contest of the end of this week, not sure if I will win or not. It is only a bit of fun :-D

[Abbi]

Emma, thank you! I will post you a few tonight that are my favourites and you can choose which one would be easier for you to do! :smt003

[bobbie3917]

Bobbie there is a closing date on the contest of the end of this week, not sure if I will win or not. It is only a bit of fun :-D

well good luck any way let us know how it goes

[CinnamonTortie]

WOW Emma, what a fabulous talent you have please keep up the drawing I always think being able to draw is a gift from the angels just like being able to sing.

Joanne x

[EmmaG]

more or less finished this one :)

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Dylan_011-med.jpg

[Fran]

Wow Emma...that is beautiful!

[Mags]

That looks uncannily real Emma :shock: Well done!

[bobbie3917]

that is great

[Jac]

You are soo gifted

[bobbie3917]

is it a silver tabby Maine Coon? (nice lynx tips and boxy muzzly)

[EmmaG]

is it a silver tabby Maine Coon? (nice lynx tips and boxy muzzly)

Yes that is correct :) He is a gorgeous cat (not mine), I keep hinting to my boyfriend about getting another cat, he thinks two is enough!! :-D

Thanks for everybodies kind comments,:oops:

[Kittyfoot]

Emma.... I am flat out amazed at the quality of your work. At first glance I took them for photos. The detail is fantastic as is the proportion, scale and perspective. I've been drawing for many years and know how difficult such realism is to attain. You have a definite talent and I hope you will keep developing it.

[bobbie3917]

Yes that is correct :) He is a gorgeous cat (not mine), I keep hinting to my boyfriend about getting another cat, he thinks two is enough!! :-D

Thanks for everybodies kind comments,:oops:

im so glad i got that right :lol: :cool:
tell him a new kitten would help with your drawing ;)

[EmmaG]

Well Arthur was a birthday present about 6 years ago and Bronwyn was my birthday present (to myself!! lol) last year, as my birthday is in November my boyfriend said what would you like for your birthday this year and I said hmmmm another cat ?????

lol I don't think it is going to work!! and he is right when he says that although our two cats get on very well with each other another cat might not.

[EmmaG]

I thought you guys might like to see the drawing I am working on at the moment, this is the one with the pet as a kitten and then as a fully grown cat, obviously I have a lot to do as yet.

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Stephanie_003-med.jpg

I hope you all like it, if you want me to I will post some update on this one ?

:-D

[dinahsmum]

Will look forward to seeing this pic 'come alive' :)

[Fran]

I bet it is a really interesting project this one Emma....I can't wait to see it 'coming along'!!

[EmmaG]

Yes it is certainly going to be interesting :)

Here is another update, it looks far nicer in the flesh :)

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Stephanie_005-med.jpg

[Fran]

Oooh that kittie has really come alive Emma...you've been very busy!

[EmmaG]

Thanks PK :) Still got a bit more to do on the kitten but I have now started on the cat :)

[Mags]

Brilliant Emma....I can almost imagine the kitty getting up and walking!:-P

[EmmaG]

Thanks Mags, yes the kitten is cute :)

Here is another update, I haven't done much on this today

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Stephanie_009.jpg

[Fran]

Isn't it amazing how just a little colour brings the drawing to life :shock: can't wait to see the finished drawing Emma :)

[EmmaG]

Very true, get the eyes and nose right and really the rest doesn't matter as much

[Mags]

You are so lucky Emma to have a great talent like that.......They must have left me out when they were handing talents around:cry:

[Fran]

Poor Mags :( I can see I am going to have to get my violin out again :roll:

http://bestsmileys.com/music2/11.gif

[Mags]

It's some time since you had to use that Fran;) :lol:

[EmmaG]

Oh Mags I cannot believe you have no talent!!! ;) Everybody has talent you just have to find out what you are good at ...

[Mags]

I'll dig deep Emma and see if I can find anything:lol:

[Jac]

I'm not a picture person but I'd love to hang one of your drawings in my livingroom! I love that kitten and cat, congratulations you have a brilliant tallent there.

[EmmaG]

Thanks guys for your kind comments

Here is an update, got a lot of work as get on the fur on the body, tail and ears but getting there :)

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Stephanie_015.jpg

[Mags]

That's truly amazing Emma......it looks so real:shock:

[Tom]

Thanks guys for your kind comments

Here is an update, got a lot of work as get on the fur on the body, tail and ears but getting there :)

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Stephanie_015.jpg

Awwwwwwwww ( i could go on all day with the wwwww lol :-D ) Thats truely gorgeous!! :)

[EmmaG]

Thanks Mags and Tom, a few people have commented on my "photorealism" style, but I only try and get a close drawing to the original photo as I can. Some drawings come out really well other just don't work, but the more I do the more they seem to be turning out better, its just practice practice practice :)

[Tom]

So they should comment you have truely amazing talents !! :)

[bobbie3917]

it looks great Emma

[Fran]

It's looking brilliant Emma!!

[EmmaG]

This one is finished :-D onto the next one :-D

http://www.catforum.com/photos/data/500/3440Stephanie_022.jpg

[Moli]

That is really beautiful Emma...................

[Fran]

Wow!!!!!!! that is brill Emma. My favourite so far :cool:

[Mags]

That is so beautiful Emma....and what a lovely expression on mummy cats' face.....

[Luke]

ooh lovely i think i will be calling on you for a pic of Clem and Elsa :D