Where are we going?

Hello interweb. Today’s adventure has been a departure from the beach study. Today, we went to the Abacoa Greenway.

I knew from the very start, I wanted to work on things that were vibrant in color.
What ended up grabbing my eye was the orange shelf fungus, scientifically known as the Pycnoporus sanguineus. The funny thing about this a nickname for it is the “tree eater”, which I find to be very amusing. With that being said, it is invasive to Florida.

​I picked up three branches at 2:03 PM. The branches seem to come from two different trees that I wasn't able to identify. I wanted to try my hand at colored pencil. Now, let me be the first to say that I was severely underwhelmed with my results. I couldn’t mix my colors quite how I wanted to and the result came up quite flat.
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Sometimes, that’s just the way it goes. Sometimes you work well with a medium, and other times you don’t. I’m curious to see how this piece would look if I redid them in watercolor…

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