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Cenini provides detailed descriptions of this in https://emelineandphelippescablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_8768.jpgIMG_8768creating the rabbit hide gluehttps://emelineandphelippescablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/brushes.jpgbrushesA sample of in process squirrel brushes. Brushes were made with walnut sticks I found in my yard and sanded, hide glue, a feather quill for the ferule, and linen thread to bind the hair/bristles.https://emelineandphelippescablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/flogger.jpgfloggerMaking the flogger. The flogger is made from strips of linen stiched together with linen thread and then secured on the handle with hide glue. This tool will be used to flog off extra charcoal on the drop after cartooning.https://emelineandphelippescablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vanishing-point.jpgvanishing pointLaying out the vanishing point on my scale grid on my cartoon. 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