Autumn in three photos

My favorite time of the year.

 

random sketches from the week.

If a bear sighs in the woods, does anyone hear?

I have started trying to bike part of my daily commute. Fun!

The one sketch I managed during a fun day out with my brother & his wife in Muir Woods. For a monochrome sketch I feel I did okay capturing the trees. Must go back for more practice.

I am not fond of grocery shopping.

Seeing the Forest

I went out last Saturday to Danville to take photos and sketch some trees for a client. I take lousy photos to begin with, but the light was all wrong at three in the afternoon when I arrived. The sun was directly behind the stand of redwoods. My photos read like a Sequoia Silhouette Seminar.

Still and all, I gave it my best shot. I set up my easel and boxes of pastels (my plein air medium of choice) and got to work. While it may not be the final view that I paint, I am pleased with how the day's sketch turned out.