March 13, 2011

    I had said I would probably do some more of the Girl Scout cookie trays. The last one (March 5) turned out to be more interesting to draw than I had expected, but this one (again in 2B pencil) was turning out boring and consequently I wasn't able to get myself to put too much effort into it. I was grumpy and dissatisfied. 
    I commented to my son; "You know what would save it - if I could put a realistic cookie into the corner of the tray, that would salvage this sloppy hasty  sketch... turn it into something more interesting". Too bad the cookies were all gone. I could imagine the waxy chocolate coating on a thin mint, but I would have a hard time drawing a very realistic one without one to look at. 
    Sympathetic, he headed off to bed then came bounding back - he'd remembered there was still one in a bowl of ice cream in the freezer! Dad hadn't wanted his dessert! The sketch, if not the day, was saved! 
    Of course, I had to lick off the ice cream, rinse it and pat it dry before I could place it and draw it, but it did add the bit of interest this light sketch needed. And of course, having licked the cookie, no respectable person would have returned it to the freezer...