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asakiyume ([personal profile] asakiyume) wrote2021-12-16 02:58 pm
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Driveway advent calendar December 14–16

... I can see why/how people flag with their October art posts.

On December 14, I drew a trumpet. When I was a child, there was a horn Christmas ornament that went on our Christmas tree. Therefore, horns--and musical instruments more generally!--are good for an Advent calendar. So I hereby declare.



Yesterday, December 15, I drew oranges. Buying those boxes of mandarins seems very December-January, and we used to always put oranges in the bottom of our kids' stockings for Christmas--except for the ninja girl, who didn't like fruit. Also, for New Year's celebrations in Japan, people make a display with mandarins on top of mochi, so bonus bonus!



In the early afternoon yesterday, the Advent calendar looked like this:



Then it poured very hard with rain, washing away the outlines of the calendar quite completely. Rather than restore them today, I decided to just do single images from now on. Here is December 16's, a reindeer with a glowing nose! I'm disappointed that his wooly mane looks like some kind of a boa he's wearing rather than his actual coat (see reindeer image for comparison) but eh, it's a learning process.




(Source: "Fun Facts: Reindeer vs. Caribou," Edmonton & Area Land Trust, December 18, 2019.)