A super sunny day - drawing with birds.

After an unsuccessful attempt at a painting outing, the situation was remedied on a cooler day by visiting a local flower garden. There I found that half of it is now occupied by vegetables! Another surprising thing was that the number of birds that came super close to me was something quite unusual - I wonder if it was because I was sitting in the middle of the "food patch" for them :)! I did not get to draw the birds - but the veggies (and some of the flowers) got into my sketchbook - with a note to go back and see these edibles as they ripe! (also there were some super interestingly shaped tomatoes that deserve a sketch or two). 

Sketches below were done with a variety of media as an attempt to see what needs to be updated in my kit to start using it more. Stencils, ink, pentel pocket brush, acrylic markers with standard and custom colors, gouache from a tube, fingers, and sticks were all used. A couple of pens were retired and a few more need a refill. 

Here is a pumpkin plant and a striped corn and below are some flowers that surround all the produce in a very colorful way - and some process photos including the birds.