Hamish the sheep thoroughly enjoyed the attention of those Safarians brave enough to take on Jeff’s challenge to frottage a woolly portrait. At least we think Hamish enjoyed it. Or rather he enjoyed the extra rations of sheep cubes tossed in his general direction in hopes of getting him to stand still. An old poddy (a bottle-reared sheep) Hamish is thoroughly tame and didn’t mind the easels at all. The results were as varied as the materials found to create texture – leaves, twigs, wood, rocks and simply the ground. We were all working on fairly light paper (newsprint, butchers paper and light cartridge) using as many types of media as could be found with a good rummage in the kit: charcoal, graphite and in the image below powdered pigment which was applied with brushes.
Lots of fun,
Amanda