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| 10-12-15 inks, colored pencils |
Two years ago I
had so much fun sketching a house in our neighborhood that used to go all out
on Halloween – an excess of ghouls, corpses, skeletons, ghosts and gravestones
covering the yard. Every year beginning on the first day of October, I looked
forward to seeing what new horrors would appear. Last year I was disappointed that the decorations seemed
lackluster, but I sketched them anyway. Sadly, this year the house is not
decorated at all. I don’t really know the owner, but I met him that day I
sketched his house in 2013, and that’s how I learned he had been doing it
annually for 20 years. (I hope he’s all right.)
Anyway, on my walks around the neighborhood, I’ve seen a few
carved pumpkins and spider-webby trees, but nothing too exciting. Then Greg
told me about the scene he saw on one of his walks: Two skeletal kids and their
skeletal dog and kitty! (All those dinosaurs I’ve sketched turned out to be great training for this!)
Good job on these bony creatures! I wouldn't have thought about sketching the Halloween decorations, but that could be fun.
ReplyDeleteThey look like they're having fun, but they'll need coats when the sun goes down.
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