May it rest in peace

Being a little over 15 years old is NO excuse for my stove to die NOW when I'm in the middle of holiday baking. We're off to an appliance store in a few minutes. I guess I can call the new stove a Christmas gift to myself. *sigh*

In better news, I did a bit of drawing practice this week. This is my first attempt at drawing a horse.



Reference:" Pencil Drawing" by Gene Franks. I worked on this on and off for 4 days.

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