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Close up of a fence post and railing at the waterfront. I was originally going to focus more around the washer and bolt protruding from the railing, but I planned my scale and page poorly. This was my first attempt trying to capture cobwebs, though, which are on the underside of the post and

This boulder had some interesting facets that I didn't do justice to, and there was an interesting juxtaposition of textures between it, the tree, and the greenery in the background.

This was a challenging sketch for a few reasons. One is the subject matter itself: a wound in the bark of this tree. There was just so much going on with that cool, plated texture that it was easy to lost my place. There was also a nice colony of mosses and lichens that

Another waterfront area tree. I love the chunky textures of the bark on these trees, but this one had that interesting root at the front that kind of melted into the ground.

A little scene from the waterfront. That fence and railing show up in a later sketch.

The inaugural moleskin sketch from summer camp, 2019. Just grabbed a few stones and set them on the picnic table just after breakfast on Tuesday. The shadows cast by morning light are fun to work with.