Willow trunks and blooms in the Pocket Sketchbook

[blackmare]

The willows are all blooming, and it just looks like new leaves until you get very close. These drawings are from May 5, at the edge of Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis.

Comments

[sixbeforelunch]

Beautiful work. :)

[blackmare]

:-) Thanks!

[spiralsheep]

Lovely sketches. The willows are properly gnarly and the light on the catkins says spring sunshine. :-)

[blackmare]

It was the "properly gnarly" that attracted me. And I had thought that the pale chartreuse-green on the willow branches was new leaves, until I got close enough and discovered that no, the trees were blooming.

[shirebound]

Lovely! Thank you for sharing these with us.

[blackmare]

Thanks for dropping by to comment. Sometimes I forget, but I like to post here sometimes when I have things that fit the bill.

[just_ann_now]

These are very beautiful! Thank you for sharing them!

[blackmare]

I'm a professional artist and also a bit of a plant geek, so I post here now and then when I have something that fits the theme of the blog. Thanks for your note. :-)