As so often, there’s spontaneity about the roughs that I struggle to carry over into the finished artwork.
The final version included cheering crowds lining the streets and bunting, but I forgot to scan it but hopefully Abby- happy birthday Abby – has it standing in pride of place on the mantlepiece and can send me a photo.
And she has. It’s not on the mantlepiece though but it is looking good on the kitchen windowsill.
Abby was hoping that she’d entered a prize-winning butternut squash in the Vegan Marathon but it got stuck behind a group of country pumpkins from the slow food movement.”