Time for a bigger leaf

More rain.. I discovered that I didn't have sufficient small leaves for the decorations, so braved the precipitation to make some more with the press. The same multi stage process as for the larger ones.

Discussing drawing with my brother in our Skype session he mentioned having a class with school kids coming up and that he would be trying to convey the virtue of a method that rather reverses the color by numbers approach to the world. This is actually a little like the stream of consciousness writing concept.

Apply blocks of color with some concept in mind, then refine these with marks that make them easier to read and continue doing so for as long as you like. It is an encouraging process and I will endeavor to include more drawing, perhaps it is time I used a bigger pad again.

The big help is that the first step of adding blocks of tone or color need not be done with a concept in mind. Something will appear out of the blobs and that can then become the subject for enhancement.