Sunday al fresco sketching

I didn’t want to go outside and draw today. I spent all morning and most of the afternoon trying to bend one of my children’s book pictures into acceptable shape. When I looked at the picture this morning I discovered that my “finished” line work was only 75 dpi instead of 300. How did this happen? Well, this was one of those images that I edited and exported, and then failed to save my edits. I dreaded having to re-ink the most detailed image in the book, but I dove in head first.

Time flew by. It was 4:30 PM when I looked up from my unfinished drawing. I knew I had to keep my promise to myself to sketch al fresco at least once a week. I reluctantly shut down my iPad, and got my sketch kit. I’m glad I did.

This is my back yard. It’s really hard to grow anything here. There’s only 4 hours of sunshine a day. The sequoia tree blocks the sun in the morning that the four giant cedars block the sun in the afternoon.

The actual peonies and path with round flagstones