As I sat on my portable drawing stool sketching drowsy kids this morning, a little hen rootled nosily around me. She wanted to know what I was doing and she wanted to know what I was doing it with. Peeking into my bag, peeking into my lap, she then settled herself about 10 inches from me, flopped down on the grass, shimmied her plump feathery self into a comfortable position, closed her eyes. And fell asleep.
This llama was llovely and she knew it. ( You do know that leg hanging there doesn't belong to her?)
The two little ones on the left lay next to each other and did not move the whole time I was there.
Many thanks to Celebrity Dairy for letting me come and draw once again.
I grew up on a dairy goat farm and you have captured the goats with charm and grace! Bueno Deluxo!
Li
Posted by: li | August 17, 2006 at 10:49 PM
Hi all and thanks so much! I AM enjoying this animal sketching, you are so right, Teri! I'd done almost none of it before this month---look what I was missing! The goats in the field smelled the way goat cheese smells, nice and milky, but the barn smells were a different matter. Not awful, but different. I buy goat cheese from this farmer's stand at the farmers' market, and that is how I knew about him. Marly, I want to do more chickens. I hope to go to another farm next week and do just that. Sarah and Tam, I hope you do go and sketch your local goats, too! Katherine, your cats and you are welcome any time. Thanks once again, everyone.
Posted by: Laura | August 17, 2006 at 03:34 PM
Now these are interesting celebrities! Beautifully done. I'm in awe at your rendering of the goat sitting down, facing away - so few lines and each one just perfect.
Posted by: Felicity | August 17, 2006 at 01:40 PM
What tender little goats... And can we have more chickens? Chickens loom large.
Posted by: marlyat2 | August 17, 2006 at 01:35 PM
Naure is so very gentle and sweet in your hands.
Posted by: Dr. Research | August 17, 2006 at 09:27 AM
Steadily going on your methodic animals drwaing. And with the most beautifull results!
Posted by: Pedro Cabral | August 17, 2006 at 04:25 AM