Fredericksburg Sketches

A visual Celebration of our community

By Paula Raudenbush

I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to sketching in the heat so the past few weeks have been challenging. I have managed to get out early in my garden though. This sketch is part of my back yard. I have a lot of shade so not a lot of color other than green but there is a whole lot of texture. So I attempted to capture that with a plain old black ball-point pen. Sometimes a black and white drawing is perfect for the scene and you really don't need a lot of expensive tools to do it with.

Here's hoping you'll pick up some paper and a pen and try it yourself. It's very relaxing and you never have to show it to a soul if you don't want to.

Cheers and have a great August.

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