Tree sketches, pastel and ink pen

I haven't forgotten the tree studies for the month. I did a study in pastels of more cottonwood on Wednesday and Thursday. I wiped off the one I had done before. I like the trees much better the second time round. The house is a house in Magdalena that I just put under the trees and I think it is a bit large, making the trees look small. It is just a study though and I will probably take it off the Pastelbord and use it the surface again.


Here it is, pastel on Pastelbord, 8 x 10 inches.

While in Albuquerque, Gene did his birthday bike ride and while waiting for him I sketched this cottonwood up close. Good for the tree study. There was one of the old adobe houses there with blue trim, but the people were outside so I didn't take a photo. I couldn't see the house from my sketching angle. I would so love to have one of those old adobes with the 2 1/2 foot thick walls and old cottonwoods around. We need to win the lottery for that. :(


I sketched this little indoor Ficus at the hospital. I was more interested in the tree part so the pot is not great. I see that I didn't even date it.


From Mom Frances' room the view out the window toward the freeway. There were interesting plants growing on the slope, chamisa, grease wood and some grasses.