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Drawing lying down, with our sweet cat Cody!

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Cody bed sketch Sept 25 2021 by Suzanne Forbes 2Lately I’ve been keeping a small sketchbook in our bed, to draw our cat Cody’s wild poses!

She loves to sleep ON me, sprawled out like the town drunk, totally relaxed.

Cody bed sketch Sept 25 2021 by Suzanne Forbes 2I was trying to have a rest day, and then she lay on my face!

She likes to be supported by one of my hands.

Cody bed sketch Sept 25 2021 by Suzanne Forbes Like me, Cody doesn’t balance very well, and needs to rest A LOT.

I made these drawings lying down because of terrible vertigo and fatigue from POTS, so they are not very good, but they capture some of Cody’s loving nature anyway, I think.

Cody came to us through a kind of back channel rescue team, from a town outside Berlin.

Cody sketch Sept 25 2021 Suzanne Forbes 2Cody had been feral for some unknown amount of time.

She was discovered by Erika among the “Free Cats”.  Erika and her husband, both 80, feed the Free Cats at the Futterstelle every single day.

Cody face sketch Sept 25 2021 Suzanne ForbesCody was injured by some forest villain.

Erika saw her hobbling towards the food stand, and said that’s it, we’re taking her home, even though we already have six cats (in German of course). Cody liked living inside very much! She didn’t want to go back outside at all! She just wanted to sleep in the bed and cuddle!

Cody resting sketch Sept 25 2021 Suzanne ForbesA cat so loving needed a family all her own.

So Erika and Andrea found her a forever home (FÜRIMMERZUHAUSE), with us!

More meet-and-draw, with the most stylish woman in Berlin!

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Bindy at Adenauerplatz by Suzanne Forbes Sept 14 2021The chic-est in Berlin! I always think of Bindy that way, her style just knocks me out.

I drew her once before, at Drink and Draw Berlin, an event and community she helped create. I was so glad to get to hang out with her and talk and draw on a quiet Fall day. She is a native Berliner, quite unusual – Berlin is like NY in that people come here but are rarely from here!

Bindy is an artist, musician, MUA and scientist, plus the only other woman in town who says “FUCK!” as much as I do.

Bindy at Adenauerplatz with U by Suzanne Forbes Sept 14 2021We met up near my home, at Adenauerplatz, to draw and chat.

Bindy calls this look a “Monochromatic vampire slayer” look and you can find a tutorial on her makeup feed. You can follow her on Insta for music updates, and also check out her soundcloud!

I am so grateful to my Patreon Patrons, whose monthly financial support makes it possible for me to continue making art as a vaccinated but Covid-vulnerable disabled person.

With your support, I can work from home or safely outside and keep telling the stories of Berlin.