Sketchbook #93: Trip to Maryland (Part 8 - the last one)

Last two sketches from my trip to Maryland - this was a wonderful house we stayed in!

Sketchbook #93: Trip to Maryland (Part 7)

Two monochromatic views at waterfalls. It was a bit cold and I tried to draw quickly.

Sketchbook #93: Trip to Maryland (Part 6)

Sketchbook #93: Trip to Maryland (Part 4)

I always wonder how to draw fire - it's almost impossible to see what colors you are picking! But having another source of light kills the magic for me... here is another attempt at almost  blind painting :)

And some treasures drawn on our Maryland trip:

Sketchbook #93: Trip to Maryland (Part 4)

Sketchbook #93: Trip to Maryland (Part 3)

Sketchbook #93: Trip to Maryland (Part 2)

We saw spotted maple leaves everywhere! I sketched them many times and kept a few dry leaves taped in my sketchbook later - will be interesting to see if they will retain color :)

Sketchbook #93: Trip to Maryland (Part 1)

These are first pages of testing my new sketching set-up. Using separate pages instead of sketchbook worked great as the weather was more humid than I am used to and watercolors were taking quite a bit of time to dry. And there was so much to sketch! So I just jumped from one page to another until it was time to hike further :)

We saw some signs of a beaver activity!