"Oessant sheep" by Jo Morton
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I had been hoping to sketch these unusual little Breton sheep that scorching day in Dorset, but was forced to refer to some photographs I managed instead, as it was so hot that the animals were sheltering in deep shade under an old farm cart, and my only chance of taking a half decent reference picture was to wait until one of them ventured out into the sunshine briefly and gave me a suitably interesting pose! I particularly wanted to draw their beautiful horns! Pencil drawing on paper.
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Jo Morton
My name is Jo Morton My artistic journey has been an interesting one! I was born the 'middle one' of triplets -a rarity then! At the prep school we were sent to the Art classes were 'paid extra', so I missed out on those, but couldn't understand why at the age of five I always had a queue…
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