Today's prompt was for A Quirky Animal.
My Quirky Animal is the much maligned Haggis. The only three legged animal in the world, it has two long legs on one side of its body and one short leg on the other side. This allows the creature to run round mountains in an anti-clockwise direction.

They are very fast runners and difficult to catch. The best way to capture one is by using two beaters, one to chase it anti-clockwise round the mountain.
Once the chase has begun, the second beater should run round in the opposite direction and confront the animal. This will cause it to panic and try to run in the opposite direction, but because its short leg is now on the downhill side of the mountain, it will tumble and fall into the beater's net.

Haggis are now designated a protected species and can only be hunted on the 30th and 31st of February.

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Uni Pin 0.3 black pen
W&N watercolours
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So true!

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It seemed mean to only sketch one vegetable, so, being a generous person I give you both to critique.

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Seawhite A4 sketch book

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Following the Antonine Wall. The stones are the remains of the northern face of the wall.

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Today's prompt was "May the Fourth be with you" or a bee or a fly. I tried sketching a Lego Stormie minifig and I tried a honey bee. I tried a hover fly, but finally I settled on the flying assassin of ponds. The Dragonfly. They are such beautiful flyer. So skilful in the air, but such ferocious killers of other insects. I love them and I wait impatiently for the first ones to hatch every year. This is my sketch of a Common Darter (male).

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Pigma micron 03 black pen
Cass Art watercolours
Seawhite A4 sketch book

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