Category: Drawing a Day

May 2, 2012

May Minis – A Study in Blues

"A Study in Blues" Drawing by BZTAT

A few days ago, a friend posted a stunning photo of her Tonkinese cat Max on her blog, A Tonk’s Tail (err…Tale…). Having drawn Max and others in his home before, I immediately requested to use the photo as a model for a drawing. Request granted, here is the drawing.

This a smaller drawing than I usually draw. It is approximately 3″ x 5″ and matted for a 5″ x 7″ frame. I decided for the month of May, I am going to draw some miniature drawings and post them for auction. This is my first “May Mini”.

Here are more details about the drawing:

3″ X5″ Prismacolor Pencil and Marker Drawing on paper by artist BZTAT

Comes with an acid free mat ready for an 5″ x 7″ frame

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $25 USD

Shipping: $6 USA $16 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy this piece now for $50 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $50 + shipping to PayPal using email address bztat at bztat.com.

Highest bid at 10:00 pm EST on Thursday 5/3/12 wins the piece.

Winning bidder: make payment of bid + shipping to PayPal using email address bztat at bztat.com.

Please allow 4 weeks for USA shipping.

March 16, 2012

Second Chance for Born Free: Feral Cats – Art Auction Redux

I have worked hard at trapping a colony of feral cats over the past few weeks and I drew images to honor them in the process. I still have 2 cats that have eluded my trapping, but I will get them in the coming days.

Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #19	Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #18
Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #17	Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #16
Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #14	Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #11
Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #9 by BZTAT	Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #7 by BZTAT
Born Free: Feral Cat Drawing #4 by BZTAT	"Okey" Drawing by BZTAT

The trapping was to take them in for spay/neutering so that we could prevent further population of the colony, and to help them have better health outcomes in the long run. It gives the cats better chances at life as well as keeping them from reproducing.

I posted all of the drawings of the cats for auction here in this space. Some of the drawings did not get bids in the auctions, so I thought I would reopen the bids for another day. Like the real cats, the drawings are getting a second chance!

You can bid on the drawings posted above for a limited time by clicking on the image of your interest, and then bid in the comments on the page for that drawing. Each page has the info about the drawing, including bidding and shipping cost info.

All auctions will close at 10pm Sunday, March 18, 2012.

Happy bidding!

Here is a slideshow of all of the drawings, some of which have been sold and are no longer available for bids.

March 8, 2012

Okey – The cat that changed my life.

This auction has been reopened. Bids will be accepted until 10pm Sunday, 3/18/12.

"Okey" Drawing by BZTAT

I have concluded my series of feral cat drawings of a colony of cats with which I am intervening. Although there are still a couple of cats to be trapped and neutered, I have drawn all of them, and I think it is time to bring the series to a close. All of the cats are doing well and now have greater potential for longer lives. And the overpopulation worries are over.

Thanks for following the series, and thanks for caring about the real cats that inspired the drawings.

Today, I drew a picture of my cat Okey, the little cat who changed my life. Without her, I would have never thought of intervening with feral cats.

You see, Okey was a stray cat, dumped on the streets of downtown Canton, my home. I rescued her in October of last year, and my life has been changed ever since.

The movement that she inspired has motivated others around the world to take the welfare of cats and other animals more seriously, and for that I am very grateful. She also has become my very dear, sweet companion.

Like the other drawings, I am placing this one up for auction. Here are the details:

5″ X7″ Prismacolor Pencil and Marker Drawing on paper by artist BZTAT

Comes with an acid free mat ready for an 8″ x 10″ frame

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $40 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy this piece now for $75 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $75 + shipping via the ChipIn widget in the right sidebar.

Highest bid at 10:00 pm EST on Friday 3/9/12 wins the piece.

Winning bidder: make payment of bid + shipping to PayPal to Paypal using email address bztat at bztat.com.

Please allow 4 weeks for USA shipping.