The top drawing is an ink work and the lower a water-colour sketch of the Etruscan tombs near Rome. Very wild vegetation. I remember being very carful about sitting down, checked the grasses for scorpions and other nasty's. This was a lovely day out, very warm but not to hot. The whole archaeological site was so peaceful. But remember, when in wild places to take care where you sit down.
The lower image is a water-colour. It is not a great painting, indeed far from that, but the reason I put it in, is to show flexibility. It was done in the coach as it drove along; pad on my knee, water bottle and palette in one hand and brush in the other, while the vehicle lurched and bumped along. I repeat not an excellent image, but a rough sketch which portrays a feeling and atmosphere. That's what sketching is about.
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