Autumn in Virginia

We spent a week in southern Virginia earlier this month. The fall colors were peaking while we were there, lighting up the hills and mountains with bright yellows, gold, reds, and rust colors. There were enough trees clinging to green to brighten everything. 

"Across the Pasture, Fall," wc/ink on paper

Although the nights were near the freezing point, days were pleasant enough for outdoor sketching. Traveling light, I took only a few watercolor supplies and a couple of sketchbooks. The work above is about 5x8 in a pocket sketchbook.