Pencil drawing of a boy and a cat with text above reading "The cat sat on a mat." Styled like a children's book illustration.

A finely rendered black-and-white pencil drawing in the style of classic children's book illustrations by C.W. Anderson (Billy and Blaze series). Page 2 of a children's book. A 6-year-old boy named Mat, with natural body proportions and short brown hair, stands on a blank wooden floor beside a small gray short-haired cat. Mat is smiling gently with his hands relaxed at his sides. The cat is seated upright on a round woven mat with its tail curled neatly. The cat has a funny, expressive face — wide eyes, arched whiskers, and a proud but slightly ridiculous grin, adding playful charm. Above them, the story text appears in hand-drawn pencil lettering: “The cat sat on a mat.” The drawing uses clean, professional pencil linework with light hatching and grounded shadows under the figures. The background is fully white — no background shading or gray fill. The overall tone is realistic but whimsical, in the spirit of vintage children's books. Include a small, hand-lettered page number “2” in pencil in the bottom right corner. See more