If you have read this blog for a while (a very long while indeed), there is a teeny tiny chance that you remember this tulip drawing I did way back in 2011? But probably not. Why would you remember that?! :-D
Anyway, for some time (years!) I have been meaning to draw something else on the chalkboard. I just didn’t know what. But when we had to say goodbye to Blake last year, then I suddenly knew exactly what I wanted to draw. It just took me a little while to…be ready, I guess.
Over the years, I drew Blake many times. I don’t think I have a single sketchbook where he doesn’t appear atleast once. It was strange to draw him from a photo.
This is the photo I used. My sweet boy. I miss stroking those silky soft ears…
Anyway. It was quite tricky to draw him in chalk on the chalkboard. I have always drawn him in black, or some other colour, on a white background. I had to re-think how to draw him. Lessons have been learnt! :-)
Here is the final drawing:
It’s not a masterpiece by any definition but it does look like Blake and that is all I was hoping for. Now he is on the wall in the kitchen and that makes me happy.
I recorded a video of the drawing process. You can watch it here if you like. :-)
