Catherine Cheek

Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.

Author's posts

May 04

Flying Sparrow

By Kater in Art, drawing

Whenever I hate my drawings, I remind myself that at least I can draw birds. Though, not all my birds are perfect. Owls especially are pretty awful. (Or is that owful?) Flying birds are easier than sitting birds, because like many people, I’ve often been fascinated by wings, and wings are almost always shown outstretched. …

bird, flying, ink, mental block, resist, sparrow, tim holz

May 01

Old Man (at Six)

By Kater in Comic, Coop de Grace

*It’s not the age, it’s the mileage.

age, chicken, chicken comic, chickens, decrepitude, hens, rabbit, spring chickens

Apr 29

Fox in the Grass

By Kater in Art, drawing

I love foxes, and I wanted to have a picture that took up more of the paper, because the whole point of drawing on this sort of paper is to have the resist image show through, so I drew this fox. I’m not sure what it was standing on in the reference photo, but I …

drawing, fox, grass, ink, Kraft paper, pattern, tim holz

Apr 27

Hawthorn on Antique Paper

By Kater in Art, drawing

This postcard makes me think that maybe I’d rather draw plants than animals. It occurred to me that a lot of the patterns you do when doing Zentangles are basically plant forms. I was thinking about Hawthorns, because of a character in the novel I’m writing now who is of the Clan Hawthorn, and I …

drawing, google, hawthorn, ink, pattern, texture

Apr 24

Circadian Rhythms

By Kater in Comic, Coop de Grace

*Just five more minutes, Mom? Please?

chicken, chickens, circadian rhythms, dark, hens, light, timer