It mixes classic pencil techniques with modern style elements. The artist can add unexpected details like bold accessories or quirky patterns. This keeps the drawing fresh and exciting.

In fact, it's not even a photo of a blob of paint. It's a colored-pencil drawing. CJ Hendry: I just kind of sit here and doodle around and just draw a little bit. Narrator: That's CJ Hendry.

Abe, who goes by the name of "Nagagutsu o Haita Neko" (Booted cat), worked on a colored pencil sketch of a cat on a piece of B5-sized paper in the two-day live drawing event. He used colored ...