Gurney Journey: Cat in a Box

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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Cat in a Box

Here's a pencil sketch from more than 10 years ago, when we had a kitten named Sunlight, and she always loved to curl up in an empty box.

6 comments:

Steve said...: Sweet sketch. May I ask a question related to yesterday's post...what was the Emerson quotation about the sky?; May 31, 2015 at 10:32 AM
David Webb said...: James, you can guarantee that if you leave an empty cardboard box around on Christmas Day, one of two things will happen:
1. The cat(s) will get into it.
2. The kid(s) will get into it when they're tired of playing with their presents.

Lovely sketch.; May 31, 2015 at 12:01 PM
Rick Robinson said...: Very nice indeed. I'm estimating this took you 15 minutes or less? How I wish I could sketch like that.; May 31, 2015 at 1:34 PM
James Gurney said...: David, you're right -- the boxes and the packaging are often the best thing.

Steve, it's Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on the OverSoul: "By the same fire, vital, consecrating, celestial, which burns until it shall dissolve all things into the waves and surges of an ocean of light, we see and know each other, and what spirit each is of."; May 31, 2015 at 1:40 PM
Jim Douglas said...: Jim, do you still make many sketches using only a graphite pencil?

Since you are fully capable of working quickly and efficiently with colored pencils, casein, gouache, watercolor, and/or oil, do you see any particular value in limiting yourself to just graphite and paper?; May 31, 2015 at 3:22 PM
James Gurney said...: Jim, yes, I still sketch in graphite, but I tend to zero in on a certain medium for a few months and experiment with it, then cycle back to the old favorites. At the moment I'm still experimenting with gouache a lot, so I try to bring at least a minimal gouache painting setup everywhere. Pure graphite has so many of its own wonderful virtues, and in the future I'm sure I'll really get into that again.; June 8, 2015 at 9:44 AM