Acrylic on slate. A view of one of my favorite places.
The lurcher measured about 14 feet long and 6ft head to toe.
A lurcher built on a hill using bits of slate I found lying around. The breadth of the different shapes I found really surprised me. If you were looking for a certain piece to fit in to the picture like a jigsaw, you mostly found the exact match pretty quickly. 
A buffalo head put together from pieces of slate found near a deserted crumbling building.
Slate is something I have begun to love quite recently. It seems so versatile. The very fine layered slate can be wheedled, chipped and sanded into the kind of shape you require. Thick slate is somehow reassuringly solid and makes a good base to build on. Tiled slate a good medium to paint on and then helpfully stands up on its own without having to lean on anything. The options of slate do seem to be unending.
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