This was back in 2017, oh my!
A William moment when he HAD to pose for a photo, of course. Wish he was still here to do the same, but alas life moves on doesn’t it.
The Wooden Fox sculpture.
(Can’t remember where this was, but no doubt one of the many
National Trust properties we visit)
NOTE…. I have set this blog for no comments, it’s becoming difficult to keep up with these older blogs, but I do hope you like seeing the occasional posts still.
Strange that I can remember his exact expression back with this one. The toy duck had a squeaker inside it, when pressed...Yes, it made a noise. William hadn't realised this innocent looking soft toy would do that.
Admittedly I had trouble trying to, show in a drawing, his expression of shock/surprise, so went for 'comic exaggerated'.
A nice little reminder again from the days when the lad was giving us a laugh.
Another one of my early sketches of William online. I had been sketching him for about 4 years Before I added them 'online' but didn't keep them (they were so bad 🤣) - even with the online ones: some of them make me cringe now, they were so 'basic', but isn't that the curse of an artist, we are our worst critics! ;)
I so remember this 'Beegate incident', (again a sketch that takes me back / so true that sketches and paintings are memories that take you back to the moment, somehow photographs don't hold that magic). With this, William watching a Bee that decided to buzz around him. He couldn't make it out, but watched....I did wonder what was going through his mind at the time 🐝
If you have picked up on this blogpost, and you had followed at one time, you'll know that I combined this blog and William The Lurcher blog. Now, no longer having William (he is so missed), I have decided to keep this blog going. Let me say: apparently Google blogger, will totally delete blogs if they are not used for a long time - so instead of letting this blog disappear into the ether, I am now going to add some posts of sketches. Many will be a "Look back" at sketches over the years, so I hope you don't mind seeing them again.
Let me start with this one. We had been on a walk and came across a HUGE tree, whereby William sat next to it (for scale of course). Not that he didn't mind, he loved posing for sketching and photo opportunities.
This one was back in 2012 (where does the time go)!
