Crazy April

 

Pencil and watercolor on Handbook watercolor journal 8 in x 8 in

This is downtown Plainfield. The oldest part of the city and that tree must be old! I liked all those crooked branches. The green leaves are sprouting but the branches can be seen through clearly. Although it’s middle of April, the winds are still so cold. I had to wear a winter coat. Weather in April is so crazy, the temperatures range from 27°F to 80°F! Sun, cold winds, rain and snow. You never know what you are going to get!

Tricks of the mind

 

Ink spot 2 in x 2 in

In my last post, click here to read it, I talked about a couple of house finch exploring one of my ornamental wreaths outdoors. Well,   it turns out, they flipped it and made it theirs. Now they are raising four chicks. To be honest I was going to post another sketch I finished today, but.....when I dragged the nib of my fountain pen in a piece of paper, I noticed the shapeless spot wasn’t shapeless after all. Guess what I saw, fed up with images of that bird family in my back yard? Yes a bird, unconsciously my brain found a bird parent with a worm in its beak going to feed the chicks. Isn’t funny how our mind tricks us? I found it funny. I added 3 tail feathers, the legs, the eye and the shadow.

Run, run, they are hungry.