Scottie Dubh’s rose

Today’s ink sketch began as a continuous contour line. Then I added a bit of white gel pen. Then I tried adding some shadow with the gray ink felt tip pen. Overworked maybe? 

We grew wonderfully fragrant antique roses at our cabin near Lake Somerville. I drew this from a photo taken 6 years ago. Scottie is still as inquisitive as ever, but also an independent “touch me not”, not wanting to be held in any manner. He sometimes has vocal arguments with himself in the middle of the night. Our vet jokingly said maybe he’s autistic.