Due to an unfortunate error in Beatus of liebina’s personal copy of the old testament, I bring you~ drumroll please~ The Duck of Peace…
Gareth is quite insistent that I ought to embroider some oranges onto the branch so that it comes with it’s own sauce.
Personally I prefer duck with cherries.
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That is too funny! And that is most certainly a duck head on that bird. They seem to have been rather casual about their zoology back then.
or maybe they were just really really thick and bad at recognising animals?
I love this bird. Truly. His size amazes me – in relation to the hands holding him – wow he could feed the whole family on the Ark for days.
That would make noah a bit ungrateful, really, wouldn’t it? I mean talk about eating the golden goose!
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Noah’s Ark – finished | opusanglicanum said this on April 3, 2013 at 9:39 am |
This is my favourite bit – something about the spots. Plus doves are a bit soppy and the duck has attitude.
you liked the duck when he was just a drawing, didn’t you? gareth kept saying he looked like a bronto saurus until I coloured him in
Gareth has a twisted sense of humour, but I do love your duck of Peace. And if you prefer cherries, you add cherries. It’s your Duck, after all..!
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