THEY ARE SMART.
THEY ARE DELICIOUS.
In art school days at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, I was known for my pig drawings. The reason I DREW pigs is a long short story for another time. Faculty members purchased my pigs. Classmates and teachers would leave pig-inspired gifts in my studio space. It got a little weird.
After graduation I did not draw anything for many many years. Really. Then the bears happened. At an art fair several years ago a customer asked if I ever did any other animals. "What do you have in mind?," I asked. "I really like pigs," she said.
Done and done. But only a few and only as card designs. (Time passed.)
Today it felt like time to draw a porker.
Yay for State Fair photographs!
Here is a blurry model from this year's Minnesota State Fair:
Yes, I wish I'd spent more time focusing. (That's an issue in way more of life's areas than photographing livestock...) Yes, that is it's tongue.
One of my many 5" x 7" spiral-bound sketchbooks was hunted down. A plain old graphite pencil got sharpened. Let the drawing begin!! Yes, I was listening to a football game. Football? Pigskin? Just the way it goes.
Here is the somewhat finished drawing.
Yes, those are eraser marks. No, the sketch isn't perfect. But it sure was fun. I might go back and re-work some things. Or, I'll probably simply do another drawing.
Tomorrow holds the start of putting up our booth at Roseville, MN's "Peggy's Holiday Boutique. This show does take a crew over five days to create, but once it's open - What a place to shop!
Now it's time to publish post, have a sip of tea, and be glad this pig had such a lovely glint in its eye.
Try not to lose yours - Glint on!
And Fare-thee-well,
Sue
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P.S.: No, we probably won't have bacon for dinner. But for breakfast tomorrow - most likely.
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