It was cold enough to keep the black flies at bay for a couple of hours this afternoon.
It was also sunny enough to be very pleasant indeed.
A perfect opportunity to do Daily Markmaking outdoors!
I had help.
I had an audience.
I had a critic.
I had a deep blue sky and bright clouds and buds on thousands of branches.
Buds become leaves in the blink of an eye,
and soon I'll be looking up into a closed canopy of many greens.
What better time to sketch branches of the massive red oak I admire every day?
I focused on a small section of the tree,
and used one watercolor pencil and one waterbrush.
The result: Daily Markmaking 858
An hour like this is such a gift.
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