Today I took my sketch book with me to the forest. I noticed what caused a “Look at that!” response in me as I walked my dog along the forest trails. At the end of my walk I sat down and sketched, placing in the foreground that which had drawn my attention :

1. The yellow-gold larch
2. The dark green ferns.
3. The other-worldly, emptying beech branches with their multi-coloured leaves and their mesmerising way of creating a kind of invitational depth (as you might be able to tell, it’s the beech branches that captivated me the most!)

Everything else, I put into the background : a bokeh-blur of autumnal tartan.

As I sketched I noticed how relaxed, calm and open my environment was making me feel.

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT