Birks Mere spring visit

We went to this special garden yesterday and had a good visit. The light moves across the lake throughout the day and into the garden itself in the afternoon. It highlights what I want to sketch and photograph through the light and how it moves. I am only just beginning to understand this! I used some soft pastels that I have and my trusty 5B pencil. I like how you can lay down colour really quickly with the pastel and use pencil for more definition mixed in. These sketches may be stand alone responses or become embroideries or paintings. Will just have to wait and see. Nature teaches and teaches and we see better through drawings.