I didn’t proportion it correctly and so the snout is a bit shorter than it should be. I’ll sketch this again to try to get the proportions right.
Eight points
Hubby found this skull in the pasture where he trains the dogs. The deer died of natural (but unknown) causes.
(My “art studio” is a couple of towels draped over a dining room chair.)
Sketch 031: Deer Skull
When I went outside the other day, I noticed a big, white ball of fluff through the trees. I got my camera and it turned out to be a Great White Heron (or Great White Egret). I had some difficulty in getting this photo, as the wind was strong enough to push me around while I was trying to stand still.
Hanging out on a tree branch
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
Friday Fictioneer challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Friday Fictioneer prompt. Copyright Dawn Q Landau
The Promise
The dog found her that night, lost in the forest. At sunrise, he nipped at her heels. She couldn’t see him – he died two years before – and the nips were so faint she didn’t realize what they were. He guided her to the railroad track, shielding her from harm, as even death couldn’t prevent him from keeping his promise to protect her.
When he saw the others approaching, he faded into the trees with one last bark in her direction. At the familiar sound, she turned, eyes wide with wonder. She raised her hand, called his name, and waved goodbye.
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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
