Day thirty-eight of The 100 Day Project for 2021.
Okay, honestly, if the title didn't give it away, would you see this sketch and think it's:
a) a scarecrow fashioned after a headless Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas
b) a crucifixion with extras
c) a plume moth
I wouldn't blame you if you picked anything other than a plume moth as I didn't even know what they were a few years ago.
But each year, I see at least one of the fellows, and they're kind of cute if a little wooden-looking.
My rendering is a little off, with his right wing a little too high up and his back legs a little less subtle than they should be.
He was sketched with a 4H. The darker points were drawn over with a 3B. And the outline accentuated with an HB before going over the lighter bits a little heavier with the 4H.
Managed to get this puppy... er, moth... sketched before midnight. But then got sidetracked in a What's App chat with Simon just after midnight on subjects as varied as the British monarchy, organised religion, kittehs, plants, and subordination vs loyalty. All the light stuff, eh?
One of the many reasons I love him. We have such varying conversations - from the frivolous to the intensely contentious - within a little over an hour. (Even if we're mostly coming from the same place with the more prickly subjects).