The crossroads at Ugly Bridge Road

I did this today during my child's nap time.

I love the name of the road. I only saw it as I was leaving and I didn't spot the 'ugly bridge'. I don't like to doctor an image too much - cables and pylons, wind farms, etc are part of our landscape as much as trees, fields and houses.

I'll look for the ugly bridge next time.

Juibilee Wood.

This was started on a sketching trip to a local wood at dusk and finished back in the studio.

Petal people sketches

I've done a few of these recently. I like how they are going but I am deliberating over whether to use some text too. I just like the idea that if each petal of a daisy had the ability to talk they'd be chattering all day.

I should probably quadruple the number of petals.

There were some beautiful shadows from the glass beaker that was next to my sketchbook: