A fox came into the garden this morning to eat some of our birdfood. It stayed so long it seemed stupid not to sketch it. So I did.
When it arrived, it was only just getting light outside. It's horribly foggy today as well. I watched through the telescope and it looked like a black and white fox.
The fox sat down and ate, and watched Darren making his cup of coffee in the kitchen. And stayed and ate some more. Its luxuriant white-tipped tail brushed the ground. And eventually, there was enough light to see that it really was red and - of course - very beautiful.
I got my sketchbook and a pencil and started work. Fortunately, foxes have vaguely triangular faces, and triangular ears. So I'm quite pleased with the sketches, since I haven't done much drawing for a long time.
Just when I was embellishing one of my fox-doodles, I looked up and it had gone.
photo taken with Canon EOS 30D
A brilliant sketch. You are very clever.
ReplyDeleteAn excellent account of your visit by the Fox to your garden along with your sketches......I'm impressed Katie.
ReplyDeleteA quite exciting record in both text and illustration.
Thanks, you're very kind :o)
ReplyDeleteMore like Fantastic Katie! Hope I get a stick insect in our garden soon...
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