The weather was finally nice yesterday and today so I decided to do some outdoor sketches. As you can see in the reference photo, where I live, we have a lot of forests, hills and meadows - actually - a lot of greenery 🤣. I was excited to try out my little outdoor equipment with a new little watercolour palette and new watercolour sketchbook. I went to a spring with a small pond and wanted to paint something with water and its reflexions. But as I observed the surroundings, a small shed and two beautiful trees with blossoms attracted my attention.

The first two sketches were made yesterday with pencil, the first an overall view and with the second I tried to find out what is really important to me.

Today, the weather was cloudier. First, I did a sketch with "graphite aquarelle" pencils and a waterbrush. This was a nice experience; you can make something like a tonal study with these pencils. And after that, the first outdoor watercolour sketch since years! To be honest, when I started this last sketch, I didn't have a plan how to go on... but as I was painting, I realized that all the practice I've been doing lately has paid off: get along with a limited palette, use a lot of water, paint with few brush-strokes e.g.

There is still enough to improve, but I'm very happy with the result of my first outdoor watercolour sketch.

Any comments are welcome...☺️