When the drawing is finished, go over all the pencil lines which form the deer with black paint or ink, making the lines heavy and plain, that they may be seen from across the room. As soon as the paint is absolutely dry erase the pencil-lined squares.
Fig. 207.—Reindeer re-enforced by strip of wood.
To make sure that the deer will stand firmly, extend downward a slanting line from the top of each hoof and draw another level line out from the bottom of each hoof to meet it, according to dotted lines in [Fig. 204].
Cut out your deer and with pins or thumb-tacks fasten him out flat on another large sheet of paper; then with the soft lead-pencil run a line on the paper around the deer, which will give you the second deer; outline the markings on this like those on the first deer; then cut it out. If you want six deer for Santa Claus’ sleigh make them as you did the second deer. Back each deer with very heavy, stiff pasteboard and nail a thin strip of wood on each of them. Let the wood reach from the middle of the head to the edge of the hind leg ([Fig. 207]). Fasten the two animals together with three narrow flat sticks tacked across from deer to deer, one stick at the centre and one on each of the two ends of the slanting strips of wood fastened on each deer. The framework will then rudely resemble an inclined ladder. Stand the reindeer in front of Santa Claus’ sleigh and see how fine they look.
| Fig. 208.—Santa Claus’ boot. | Fig. 209.—Santa Claus’ trousers. | Fig. 210.—Santa Claus’ coat. |
Fig. 211.—Santa Claus’cap. | Fig. 213.—SantaClaus’ wig. | Fig. 214.—SantaClaus’ whiskersand eyebrows. |
Fig. 212.—Cap trimmedwith ermine. |
To represent
Santa Claus,