Weekend Art Challenge Results

Our final challenge of November was all about cats, and what a wonderful selection of artwork we have received! From portrait and characterful sketches to lively, mischievous studies, our students have truly captured the spirit of these much loved animals.

Cats make such fascinating subjects, their sleek shapes, expressive eyes, and endless variety of poses give artists so much to explore. This week’s entries show that perfectly, with pieces ranging from delicate pencil drawings and soft watercolours to bold, painterly works full of energy and texture.

We would like to thank everyone who took part in this challenge and indeed, all of our students who have joined in the Weekend Art Challenges throughout the year. Your creativity, effort, and enthusiasm have been inspiring to see week after week. Next week we have something slightly different for our weekend art challenges for December. Some of you will know what’s coming! Stay tuned to find out!

Scroll down to enjoy this wonderful gallery of cat-inspired artwork, and congratulations to everyone who took part!

This week I have been practising single line drawings to create some expressive cats. I used fine liners and then coloured digitally for a Pop Art style effect.
Helen A

‘Cats and Kitten’s’ challenge entitled ‘Double Trouble’. The piece was created with Micron Graphic Art Pens.
Anna Marie M

My nephew asked for a cat in a tuxedo for his birthday a month ago. I used children’s and acrylic paints to create this fun piece of work.
Nina P

Practicing from working sheet LAC, it’s fun. Just a cat with pencil.
Janka H

A pencil drawing of a stretching cat ps. This is a drawing of an ornamental cat
Nina P

May I introduce my common-or-garden but beloved (and, regrettably no long with us) black cat, Coco, complete with white paws, chin, chest and tummy; I think all we’ve seen so many just like her.
I drew this one of her some time ago in ink in a little drawing I call ‘Urban Panther’. She loved climbing onto my lap and sleeping there beyond the time my legs had themselves fallen asleep.
Clifford H

This is a slightly different take on cats! The main part of this piece is a cat coaster that I had as a present many years ago – I find it very inspiring.
Catherine

Entitled, ‘An Anxious Mum’. We arrived at our cottage in France to find this stray cat had given birth to 3 kittens in our wood store. Happily they all survived and have all, including Mum, been given new homes.
Karen W

This week’s Art Challenge kept me well occupied on Sunday afternoon. This is my friend’s Norwegian Forest cat called Lumi.
Vicky B

My previous cat, With watercolour and a touch of white gouache and some pastel pencils in watercolour journal. Reference photo was taken 9 years ago.
Ni Ni

My cat Sandi, pen sketches and coloured with watercolour in watercolour journal A5 size.
Ni Ni

We hope that everyone enjoyed this challenge. Stay tuned for a new Weekend Art Challenge posted here tomorrow.

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Weekend Art Challenge Results – Cats!

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