The trees have leaves again
The vegetation is finally turning green here, which means it's jorts season! And update crayon tin season!
Drawings of vegetation in watercolor crayon. Clockwise from top left: A tree drawn with spring green (foliage) and olive brown (trunk); a tree drawn with light olive (foliage) and Vandycke brown (trunk); flower buds drawn with olive brown (branches), salmon pink (petals), spring green, and dark green (stems); tulip bud drawn with purple (petals, more of a magenta color), spring green, and dark green (leaves).
When I think of new spring leaves, I think of the delicate translucent look they get when the sun hits them. The spring green Neocolor goes down as a lime green but turns into fluorescent yellow when it's wet, which nails the feeling of it even though it's not that realistic.
Clockwise from top left: A tree drawn with salmon pink (flowers) and Vandycke brown (trunk); a tree drawn with spring green (foliage) and Vandycke brown (trunk); dandelions drawn with yellow (flowers), spring green, dark green, (leaves), golden ochre, and English red (surrounding leaf litter).
I love all the pops of color that are starting to dot the landscape as the flowers come out. We have some tulips starting to bloom, and I'm hoping we have better luck with the columbines we planted last year. Also, the dandelions are back!