Still Green

9/16/14 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor, Pitt Artist Pen, Zig marker,
Canson XL 140 lb. paper

Since many of the maples near Green Lake are beginning to show color, I walked up to Maple Leaf Park to check on the huge sugar maple I sketched last April, wondering if it had started coloring, too. Not at all – it’s still fully green. Since it enables me to hang onto the illusion that we still have some summer left, I sketched it anyway.