When I went to the park yesterday, I think it was the exact same turtles who came to the exact same spot the exact same way as before at the Irrigation Ditch wanting to be sketched again.
"I can't keep drawing you guys." I told them. "Do you know how many I've done of turtles swimming here?" It seemed they started swimming around in circles like they knew what I was saying but still wanted to be sketched, didn't really want to leave either. So...
I ended up drawing just one, not all of them. And it wasn't a mature turtle, but one of the little ones...but it was a make-believe picture, I guess, because it got the shell of one of the big senior swimmers! I think the face looks like it's trying to scramble out of the pond, saying the shell's much too big & bulky for it.
Okay, okay. The truth of the matter is, I just drew the shell too big. The animals are patient with my developing drawing skills. But if I keep drawing the same way after 20 years, that WILL be a problem!
