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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
mikehendley@vis.social ("Mike Hendley") wrote:

Found this American toad on a trail at Taughannock Falls in Ithaca NY, just sitting there watching us hike by. Drew it in graphite over a few coffee shop sessions. Somewhere in the middle it stopped feeling like a drawing and started feeling like sculpture. The skin, the shadows. Knew it was done when it felt like it was holding still for me.

Detailed graphite drawing of an American toad resting among grass, twigs, and leaf litter. The toad faces right in profile, its warty skin and large dark eye rendered in fine detail. Soft pencil shading creates a blurred natural background. Drawn in a sketchbook, shown outdoors in sunlight.