Driveway advent calendar December 14–16
Dec. 16th, 2021 02:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asakiyume... 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.)
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.)
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Date: 2021-12-17 02:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-17 03:10 pm (UTC)When I'm dissatisfied with something (like the reindeer), I am happy about the impermanence. When a rain immediately washes away something I like, like the oranges, I'm more regretful--but not *too* regretful. With chalk art, it's easy to develop the detachment habit. Plus, I take pictures--so am I really detached? Actually, f* detachment. I love me some attachments, I really do. But some things I'm willing to release.