For the August theme: something found while walking recently. Colored pencils in watercolor sketchbook.

View from the 1 train platform at the 225th Street station, the first stop in the Bronx after crossing the Harlem river from Manhattan. Colored pencils in watercolor notebook.

Sketch from a handful of chives purchased from a woman in my neighborhood who sets up a small stand filled with fresh produce grown in her garden.

Christmas cactus. Colored pencil. http://artisforthemaking.blogspot.com

Colored pencils.

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Desert wood, for the September challenge: bleak.
Colored pencil in Moleskine sketchbook.

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A scene seen from the elevated 1 train, 225th Street in the Bronx. Colored pencil in Moleskine sketchbook. htttp://artisforthemaking.blogspot.com

Prairie coneflower, drawn at a nearby garden. Colored pencil in Moleskine sketchbook. http://artisforthemaking.blogspot.com

A teeny, tiny apple. Colored pencil in Moleskine sketchbook. http://artisforthemaking.blogspot.com

A wildflower I found in a park in the Bronx. The bees loved it and I did too. Colored pencil in Moleskine sketchbook. http://artisforthemaking.blogspot.com