Post 3: There's some good in this world and it's worth fighting for| LOTR|Whovian|Sherlock Fan
Getting ready to start trimming his plant into the outline of the topiary he had planned to grow, Sander first made markings where each part would branch out from the central part of the plant which would later be pruned to form the body of Spike.
Sander studied his drawing again before taking his pair of shears and marked off where the neck of his dog would emerge from the body, but cutting a small gap at the top of the plant over to the left side. Then he moved over to the right side and marked off where the tail would branch off, taking his sheers and snipping a couple of branches off.
Then he knelt down and marked off each leg. Cutting slits at the base of the plant where he figured the legs would emerge from the torso. Now that he had everything marked off, Sander began the shaping process electing to use his pruning scissors.
Snip...snip...snip...he went as he began shaping the dog's torso, stopping every so often to study his drawing. Snip....snip...snip...an outline of the dog's torso was beginning to form. The fine tuning and trimming of his topiary would be done once he had an actual outline to work from.
Sander next began trimming and shaping the dog's head. He first cut out a small mound that would form the head and then from there, he trimmed into shape the muzzle of the dog. Next came the ears which too more time as he had to first cut the outline out, and then trim around it, so that both ears would have a two dimensional look to it.
Now for the neck. From the base of where the dog's head met with the rest of the plant, Sander picked up his shears and began cutting along sideways, angling each cut so that the dog's neck sloped downwards to meet the dog's torso right in the middle. Again, shaping would come later.
Now for the tail. Since he only wanted a thin one, Sander first snipped an outline of it and then began trimming off the rest with his shears.
Snip....snip....snip...remove....study drawing....snip....snip...snip...study..
...until he had a nice long bushy tail sticky out from his plant. Sander grinned to himself. He had to admit that he had done a good job on sculpting the tail of his dog.
Okay now onto the dog's legs.
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