I'm continuing with the Ann Wood 100 Day Stitch Challenge and I am actually very surprised that I've stuck it out this long. I have always loved slow stitch but never done it. I also tend to be quite rigid and don't particularly like staring at a blank page. But here I am coming up on forty days.
I love elephants and I love the moon so I thought I would combine the two in one of my pages. My first stab at drafting the composition is below.
So many of the striking elephant drawings have the elephant decked out in rich fabrics across his back and on his head and around his ankles. I had a beautiful piece of brocade that was a perfect match. However, I asked a very young family member if she liked it with or without the blanket. After a considerable time thinking, her response was, 'It depends, is your elephant free or in captivity?'
Naturally I was horrified to think I would be responsible for a captive elephant, so here is my finished page - one very free elephant!
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