It's a long story …

a light-hearted look at life by Tresha Barger

I think it’s a cactus root. My sketch makes it look as if it’s been attacked by watermelon seeds.

Cactus root, probably

Sketch 030: Cactus Root

I spent a whole lot of time on the face. At times, it looked like Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, a sea lion, and a hog.

Polar Bear by Francois Pompon

This was the Artwork of the Day for today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sketch 029: Polar Bear, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1930

Looks like an alien-bred Corgi, to me

Needs a longer neck. Somehow how I can only see these things as I’m uploading the photos.

Bright eyes

Tiny deer

Sketch 028: Avon Deer, from the 1970s

Mostly the right shape

I added some darker shading under the mouth and on the cheeks but it started to look like Captain Kangaroo‘s mustache so I erased it.

Cat trinket

Tiny cat

Sketch 027, Cat Trinket

Now I can see that the proportions are off. It should be longer (wider) in the body.

Spur by Paul Revere, Jr., 1770-1800

Spur, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933.

Sketch 026, Spur by Paul Revere, Jr.