Sketching Between The Rain Showers

There have been a lot of showers these past several days which has made for interesting sketching outings. Yesterday I walked over to the city hall and completed my ink sketch of some tall trees and a portion of the building before heading back home. On the way back I stopped to photograph a mushroom and then noticed a bit of drizzle on the camera. I put it back in its case and then came the downpour. I scurried the block-and-a-half back home. Our weather station recorded a maximum rate of 4.27 inches of rain an hour during the downpour.

The sketch at left is from today and shows a view looking northwards across a playing field towards the Davis Senior Center. No dramatic downpour, but it did drizzle a bit on the page.