Beautiful Fall Day

After 2 weeks of crummy weather (cold, dreary and rainy....did I mention lots of rain?), today is a beautiful fall day! I bundled up in a winter coat since it is only 35 degrees out and the wind is chilling to the bone, and took my camera out and about.

Along with a cold nose, nettles all over my jacket, a little mud on my shoes....I've got pictures of milkweed pods, fence posts, pine cones, tree roots and a stream, an old barn, rusty hinges and hooks.

It's great to take a break from the day to day grind and take a walk in a park or by a pasture stream (or even a road-side ditch) and get rejuvenated.

Portland Head - Stormy

This is a small sketch - 4x4" experimenting with graphite powder. It's messy but can be controlled to a point. I used a paint brush and paper towel to apply the powder. I then used my blu-tack eraser, white plastic eraser and battery operated eraser to pull out the whites.

Definitely some possibilities as it gives a very painterly feel to the graphite medium.