My favourite season

 

I love autumn with it's fresher weather and the wonderful colours in nature. I've practically worn out my bright green pencils this summer and I'm looking forward to using the wonderful terracottas and earth colours in my collection!  See more autumn musings on my blog: http://valeriejaneg.blogspot.fr

Quick sketches from the West

I still do some car sketching, but only when Joseph's driving! This is in the desert somewhere between Henderson, Nevada, and LA...I love crows, and I always know I can count on them congregating at rest stops in the desert, where people = food! They're quite bold...Corvidae are normally fairly cautious, since humans seem not to appreciate them properly, but these guys are SO over it! Regular western outlaws...

So of course I used my Pentel Pocketbrush to catch those bold black shapes!

Check the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for more on crows...including a recording of their distinctive voices.