Surprises in Maple Leaf

4/26/16 colored pencils, ink

This afternoon the temperature was just warm enough for a sketchabout in the ‘hood. On the same block of Northeast 85^th were two unexpected sights. The first was a small forsythia tree still in blossom – with a slender trunk tied in a knot!

As if that weren’t enough, I walked a few yards east and spotted a bear holding a salmon. I think it may have been a chainsaw-carved sculpture.

Who knew little ol’ Maple Leaf was so full of surprises.

4/26/16 brush pen, gel pen