Fellow 30 Day Challenger Richard Pettit has started a Wish of the month blog. Last month he cycled to work and back (this was no ordinary commute; it was a round trip of over 50 miles.) This month he’s bravely learning to street dance.
Pondering what my wish would be, especially in light of my last post about “watching what others are doing instead of creating our own art”, I decided to draw… a hedgehog.
Yes. This is my secret wish. (Not so much the hedgehog bit, but the drawing bit definitely.)
One day, waaaaay in the future, I’d love to illustrate my own children’s book. The slight technical hitch to this plan is that I don’t actually ever draw anything.
TOO SCARED.
So I held my breath and quickly drew a hedgehog.
This is no ordinary hedgehog, mind you. This is Horris, the cute real-life hedgehog who lives in my garden. He drinks from the bowl of water I leave out for the birds and thinks it’s fun to pretend to be a rat rustling in the bushes when I invite a friend round for a BBQ.
Katherine Bassford 
Fantastic doodle and love the story behind it, your own and his. Horris looks as if he is on a mission. Is it just me but i love the idea of animals impersonating each other….
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Yes, I think you’re right; Horris is a hedgehog on a mission! And his rat impersonation is excellent. Thanks for commenting!
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Hi, You can definitely draw already by the look of it. I recently watched a TED talk by Laurie Rosenwald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpbyBGnFL9E which was really inspiring. She talks about creating images quickly and by hand rather than computer. It inspired me to experiment. You might find it interesting too.
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Sounds right up my street, thank you, I’ll go and check it out!
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