Fun with (Basic) Scoring

Ok, so I'm not an artist in any way, shape, or form!  Lovely images that I can see in my mind's eye always turn out as stick figures, and not very good ones at that! :)  So, it's a bit surprising, then, that I decided to try some decorative scoring on my weekly loaves this week.  Back story.......we hosted our annual Halloween party on Monday, and one of our guests brought a loaf of bread that had a "Jack Skellington" skeleton face scored on the top of it.  I thought to myself, "Hey, this would be a cool thing for me to make next year to go with my BBQ Skeleton.....

The "planner" in me decided that I should work up to something like that slowly (since I've seen my pumpkin carving, this really is a good idea!!!) So, I looked at a bunch of YouTube videos on scoring (most of which were WAY to intricate for me), and eventually decided to do a simple wheat stalk on my weekly loaf of bread to see what I could do with that simple pattern.  Well, it's not at all bad! 🤣 Much room to grow, but a halfway decent start.....

The bread is the same that I posted in my blog last week, and the fridge retard really makes the decorative scoring pretty easy (without needing to make a stiffer, lower hydration loaf.)

I'll post updates here, as I make progress. :)

Rich