Last fall in a weekly workshop, I was one day presented with a cow skull to sketch on the spot in vine charcoal. A bit intimidating at first, I found him to be the most amazing, intricate, and inspiring piece of still life! I got the proportions of his face correct and called it done. "Dominic", as I named him, came home with me for the week. I had never worked in pastel before (and not much since) but I dared to try him again - this time on a piece of grocery bag turned inside out. That's him on the right. I also took a lot of photos and started a life sized oil painting of him hanging on my back fence - yet to finish another time! If anyone out there knows where to get a cow skull to keep, let me know ;-) They are great subjects!
