Daily Sketch - Plants Edition

As of this week I am semi-retired, though the degree of semi-ness is something that I will be working out for a while. It does mark a good occasion to return to blogging, so here I am.

I have been keeping a daily sketchbook for about 7 years now. The sketchbooks have been in a variety of formats and styles. Within this practice I have a subpractice of doing more extended sketches in the field on weekends. I did a series of these on local buildings, but after running out of interesting buildings in Davis I’ve lately switched to weekend tree sketches.

Trees call for a portrait format sketchbook, which means I’m always searching for portrait format subjects on non-tree days. Plants and flowers are filling a lot of the other pages of the sketchbook. So here is today’s sketch. This is a Matilija poppy (Romneya coutleri) from the alleyway by a neighbor’s yard.