Finished the lawn work and took minute or two to smell the roses. Well, sketch them anyway. This tree seems to get green late in the season. I'm not sure what sort it is, but it gives edible berries.

The sketch is pretty quick and interrupted too. Just as I was getting into this, Julia threw the binders on as she needed to be dropped at one of her myriad end-of-year events. Sigh, the life of a parent. The tree is much taller than my pad and getting quite full with foliage. At this rate, the berries can't be far behind. I'm a big advocate of life studies, even if your end works have nothing to do with such efforts.

Tried some new-ish materials on this drawing. A plate finish Strathmore drawing pad along with a Pitt charcoal pencil (Medium). Normally, I use a toothier paper and general's charcoal pencils. Pitt's product seems a little stronger than General's, which helps me out a lot as I'm pretty heavy handed and tend to break pencils wholesale. Wouldn't mind giving this combination a spin at figure drawing.