Some different leaves on the edge of our driveway and have gone from green, to yellow and now are starting to turn a red color. This is an Korean Dogwood tree. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
The fall leaves in New England are so beautiful and varied. These are on the edge of our driveway and have gone from green, to yellow and now are starting to turn a rust color. This tree actually keeps it’s leaves all winter and they fall off when the new growth starts to emerge. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A journal sketch from a photo as we traveled across the Golden Gate Bridge from Napa Valley. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A Pen and Ink sketch of a large iron ball and jacks at the edge of a vineyard in Napa Valley, California. The sculptures are about 6′-0″ tall and made or rusted steel. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Driving from Rim Rock Ranch to San Francisco through Napa, we stopped and took some photographs at some vineyards. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
After growing up in Southern California, I finally had lunch at In-N-Out Burger, It is a chain in California with a cult like following. It was crazy busy when we were there at 2:00 in the afternoon. It was fantastic. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
The Pinzgauer is a family of high-mobility all-terrain 4WD and 6WD military utility vehicles.The vehicle was originally developed in the late 1960s and manufactured by Steyr-Daimlet-Puch of Graz, Austria, and was named after the Pinzgauer, an Austrian breed of horse. It was popular amongst military buyers, and continued in production throughout the rest of the century. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
The courtyard at our friends house in Lake Country California. The courtyard is between the 2 barns that are built and used as the house until the main house is built. The view is to Rim Rock and the valley below. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
At our friends weekend house they have what they call is a Red Neck Hot Tub. It is a galvanized horse trough with 6 cut logs around it to sit on. It is filled with cold water and you sit and relax over cocktails with your feet and legs hanging in the tub to cool off. Great idea and wonderful to use. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick watercolor sketch under a grape arbor at the Langtry vineyards. Beautiful location overlooking the valley and a lake beyond. Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 