The Sketchbook Project [12,13], & Moss

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This is the first blog I have done this year, I have been away, staying near Alston, in Cumbria. The photo above of the moss on the wall was taken there.

Below is a page I did for my sketchbook a while ago, but as it was done on thick paper I didn't stick it in until recently. I have used textured paper, paint, rub & buff and the fruits lift up to reveal the insides of the fruit. They were drawn with pen on the original paper in the book

Moss

We saw this gorgeous bank of moss [I think it used to be a wall next to a stream] earlier on in the year in Scotland. I have moss growing in my lawn, a lot of it and I was thinking perhaps if I left it, it would spread and become like one of the prized Japanese moss gardens. Unfortunately it has wisps of grass sprouting and lots of weeds too so I don't think it will ever look gorgeous. The weeds are spreading quicker than the moss. It's very springy to walk on it when I cut it [the grassy bits] with the lawnmower.

link to Japanese Moss Garden