Got out to enjoy the garden with a sketch pad and made the following quick draws. They were all made the same day averaging 20-30 minutes per sketch. I used Pitt's charcoal pencil on what looks to be a fairly decent drawing bond. The pad was a gift from Val and looks to be the sort of thing you'd see at Walmart in the art supplies section, but it is a pretty good paper to draw on. I do like to draw the flowers. The top two sketches are of pots that Val has made arrangements in. Now I'll be able to hang one up and we can enjoy it year long.