Sleeping Cat Quick Watercolor Sketch (Patreon)

Let’s paint this adorable sleeping cat together! 🐱🎨

In this step-by-step lesson, we’ll create a cozy little ginger cat curled up for a nap. It’s a simple and relaxing project that’s perfect for practicing animal shapes without worrying about complicated details.

We’ll start with the basic shape of the cat, then gradually add warm orange watercolor layers, soft shadows, stripes, and small details to bring our sleepy cat to life. We’ll finish the sketch with loose fineliner lines and a few highlights.

This lesson is also a great way to practice watercolor layering, simple fur texture, and working with warm colors while keeping the illustration light and expressive.

You’ll find the reference photo, tracing template, and full color list attached to this post.

Grab your watercolors and let’s paint this cozy little cat together! 🐱

I’d love to see your finished sketches, so feel free to share them with us in the comments!

🎨Here’s the palette we’ll use in this lesson (substitutes in parentheses):

Quinacridone Red PV19 [Daniel Smith] (Carmine PV19)

Azo Orange PO62 [M. Graham] (Cadmium Orange PO20 [White Nights])

Burnt Umber PBr7 [Daniel Smith] (Van Dyke Brown PR102/PBk8 [Jackson's])

White gouache

White acrylic marker Posca 0.7

Share your sketch:

On Instagram with the hashtag #dreamanddrawschool and tag my profile @dreamanddraw.school

In our chat 🎨Dream&Draw Club: Sketches & Homework 👉 https://www.patreon.com/dreamanddrawschool/chats (or go to Community > Chats > 🎨Dream&Draw Club: Sketches & Homework)

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Watch the preparatory lessons:

Materials video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sketching-80343147

Liner and Pencil Practice video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/liner-and-pencil-80344410

Watercolor Practice video:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/watercolor-video-80345551