For me, drawing is about process, an exploration of media & ideas, a meditation." Scroll down to see a selection of drawings in pencil, coloured pencil, ink and watercolor crayon. In the top sketch to right, I had fun working with watercolor pencils & looking for color and detail in the rocks on a beach nearby.

The Maple Tree above is a quick sketch I did in pencil and watercolor crayon. I hadn't packed a brush so I smudged the watercolor crayon with my finger and a frayed stick. The maple tree is right on the edge of the water, and used to have a spectacular show of leaves. But the salt water must have got into the roots so it's now just a huge skeletal shape. Still worthy of a visit and a painting, about a 25 minute walk from the studio.

I enjoyed the sensual quality of a weather worn twist of alder sinking into a salt marsh in Whaletown Lagoon. Once again, I worked with watercolor pencils and smudged them with my finger. The image to lower right is colored pencil, an exploration of roots exposed where a bank is being washed away by ever increasing tides driven by strong winter winds.

More images below.