Feathers of Hope

Black Walnuts In Winter

On this first day of winter I finished one journal and started the next. The campus bookstore stocks sketchbooks made by Pentalic which are wirebound and have 90 pound paper. I have no idea where else one can obtain these sketchbooks. The relatively heavy weight of the paper makes them great for taking washes, much better than the 70 pound paper usually found in this sort of bound sketchbook.

I went on a walk today to the Arboretum to test out the new journal. At right is a sketch of a line of black walnuts on the south edge of the Arboretum. Most of the green in the trees is actually mistletoe.