I’m very happy that our local animal rescue center commissioned me again to design their pet calendar for 2023. I also got to paint the small and grown up kitties that will be featured in the calendar.

I designed the layout to be a family planner this time, so that the pet calendar does not just include cute cat water colours but also serves a practical purpose.

This is the finished product:

And here you have some examples of the water colour cat paintings I did for the calendar:

Charlie - pet portrait done in watercolour, animal art, animal illustration
Charlie – the star in March
Chili - pet portrait done in watercolour, animal art, animal illustration
Chili – she will be greeting you in September
Grooming kitty - pet portrait done in watercolour, animal art, animal illustration
Spitz dresses up for October
white cat in sunlight - pet portrait done in watercolour, animal art, animal illustration
Flocke is grooming himself for his appearance in November
cat family - pet portrait done in watercolour, animal art, animal illustration
this small cat family is looking forward to December

Designing the animal calendar for our local animal rescue center was the project most dear to me in 2021. I had the wonderful opportunity to paint 12 pictures of current and former inhabitants of the rescue center from photo reference and to design the layout of the calendar.

Here you can see some of the water colours I painted and also the finished layout.

calender for the local animal rescue center with my animal water colours month of January of the calender for the local animal rescue center with my animal water colours

water colour - illustration - kitty couple - pet portrait for the calender of our local animal rescue center
illustration for the month of May
water colour - illustration - calico cat - pet portrait for the calender of our local animal rescue center
painting for July of the animal calendar
water colour - illustration - white rat - pet portrait for the calender of our local animal rescue center
a cute white rat for October
water colour - illustration - ginger cat - pet portrait for the calender of our local animal rescue center
a ginger kitten for November
water colour - illustration - four cats - pet portrait for the calender of our local animal rescue center
a cat family for the month of December in the animal calendar