Saturday

Our weather has been temperate--warm actually--but dry. The fall colors are near or just beyond their peak. Here and there an oak or maple flames red-orange, or bright orange while other trees show us cool and dark reds. But much of our Iowa landscape glows in shades of yellow. 

"Greenwood Park," wc/ink on paper, ~8x10

This sketch is from last weekend. The group met as usual and discussed where to work; the consensus was to stay in Greenwood Park, which provided the brightest and most varied color. I sat near the Rose Garden and worked on this red giant.