4/3/16 ink, colored pencils |
Last October on a surprisingly beautiful afternoon, I
remember walking through my neighborhood making small sketches of the variety of maple leaves just within a
couple-block radius of my house. In the fall, the brilliant colors motivate me
to observe and sketch trees more often, but it occurred to me today that I
should appreciate the reappearance of leaves just as much. (In fact, I should
appreciate them even more, since spring signals the return of outdoor sketching
weather, and nothing makes me happier!)
With that appreciation in mind, I went out for a short
sketchabout this afternoon. Again, within a two-block radius, I found three
types of trees whose tightly clustered leaves or blossoms at this time of year
I had never noticed before. I know the green one is a maple, and the spikey red
one may be a Japanese maple. I’m clueless about the blossom.
I’m not much of a nature journaler; if I were, I’d take the
time to identify these leaves as part of my sketching. Instead, I simply enjoy
the moment – the sun, the breeze, observing these leaves just long enough to
sketch them.
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