To Blog or Not to Blog - Bluebonnet Sketch, Photos

To blog or not to blog?  Question of the day.  I am pretty sure I would not be able to just quit writing/posting my blog.  I have become to think of it as my old friend.  It is always here.  Listens to me without complaining and lets me share ideas with some friends.

I wasn't sure that I had anything to say for today.  I'm still not sure, but I did a sketch and needed to post it to the Scavenger Hunt 444 http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1401520 and that gives me an excuse to post here.

I sketched with watercolors.  Unusual for me to start with the watercolor application.  I usually sketch with my pen and ink and add color.  Today I did a very, very loose pencil sketch just to find the middle of the page.  I added in color where I wanted it, then added the ink at the end.  I was using the little watercolor brush that holds water in the handle.  I was also sketching on drawing paper so not really water friendly. 

This equipment does not allow for a splashed around background, too wet for my paper so the background is a bit splotchy.  I will have to try this on some watercolor paper.  Maybe it will be more believable. 

Number 1, unique thing to your local area.  Bluebonnets are not unique to Bastrop, but are pretty unique to Texas and that is my local area, right?

I was prompted to go outside for this sketch so took some photos to give support to my sketch.

The field toward the westerly lake.  Not too many wildflowers yet and not too many leaves on the trees on the right.

Some Indian Paint Brush across the street.  They are so beautiful and show up at the same blooming time with the bluebonnets.  They are great together.

Our mini group of bluebonnets in the corner of the yard.  I keep hoping for more but the patch hasn't grown.

A close up of a Paint Brush in the yard.

One of those same little bluebonnets a few days ago.  The cold weather seems to have made them a darker blue.  Hmmm.