Super-hatched Cat

I didn't think I had the energy to draw today, but apparently I did! The permanent tiredness of my pregnancy makes me pray for days when I will feel I've been productive and achieved something with the day. Today was definitely a productive day.

I embarked on scouring the disgusting cupboard by my bathroom that I use for housing everything from hairspray to cat litter. I want to put my towels and the baby's bath stuff and nappies in there etc and there was no way it was fit for purpose. I don't think the previous owner of this flat ever cleaned anywhere! So I started washing away the thick literally black cobwebs...and ended up hammering out with a lot of brute force the bottom shelf and rebuilding the upper shelves. This is typical of me. I should've known cleaning would turn into full scale DIY! But it is so much more functional now and is sparkling clean. I obviously then had to deal with the fall out i.e. hoovering all the mess up and finding storage space for all the old pots of paint and sandpaper that were in there (I'm sure I could make art with them so I'm not binning them)!

By the time I'd done all this I was knackered - a reminder that I am in fact 34 weeks pregnant - and guessed today would be a write-off in terms of doing any art. But later I saw Loxie trying to lick the remnants of my dinner off my plate and she was in such a nice pose I grabbed my sketchbook and pen to sketch a 10 second line drawing of her...and that has turned into this hatching extravaganza!

Equipment: Pitt Pen 'S'. I also have just realised that my iffiness in clarity with a lot of things I scan might be to do with the fact that the scanner is by the window and I am always scanning in the daytime and light might be seeping in. I scanned this at night and it looks loads clearer..I think!