This coastal town (Bristol RI) has not seen a real change in leaf color yet. There have been a couple of high gusty wind events though earlier this month that have contributed to some leaf loss and maybe that is why the color is not very brilliant....there just aren't that many leaves.
I chose this scene because of the very extreme difference in scale between the very tall tree and the houses underneath it. I may revisit this scene sometime in the future to see if there are any color changes.
It was a mini sketch crawl between me and my friend Kristin. We sat 6' apart at a picnic table, wearing masks, and did some art together. Eventually we were covered in shadow, and it got a little too cold for us. By that time 2 hours had passed.
Not sure why there was a lot of brush around - possibly it was fallen branches from recent windstorms.
I walked up the street this morning to see if the cedar waxwings were still busily stuffing themselves on my neighbor's crabapple trees. But no, they'd pretty much stripped the trees and moved on to greener pastures. So I resorted to looking for tinges of fall color in the trees I can see from my backyard.
And then, I sketched the tinges of orange creeping into my persimmons in the front yard.
The weather was so nice yesterday. I did some value studies with a box of quince from my shrub. In past years I made membrillo, but it is a lot of work. Not doing it this year, too much work. If anyone want these quince let me know.
Please join us for our ninth virtual sketchcrawl on Saturday, October 17th.
This month, the suggested theme is nature getting ready for the coming winter. Leaves turning, maybe leaves falling. Birds migrating or squirrels gathering acorns. Maybe your own activities, mulching the garden or pulling the comforters out of the closet.
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| Sketch by Kay French |
