Update! The leaves on the oak tree unfurled this week! @professorshaw.bsky.social @hellokerry.bsky.social

@professorshaw.bsky.social This week's pictures

Brief thread from my dad I call what I do Direct Drawing - there is no preparation such as planning a composition or very little in preliminary sketching . I just start drawing what is in front of me. With a plant, one leaf at a time. I try to catch the twist and turn leaf by leaf.

The buds on the oak tree are just starting to show! The crabapple blossoms are already starting to turn.

And now... beautiful!

He never became a professional artist, even though it's what he loves. He's color-blind and couldn't go to art school back then. This is the first time more than a handful of people have seen his drawings. My sister asked him about why he draws.

I sent my dad a little pear tree and he's sending me updates of how it's doing. Who needs iPhones pictures? @professorshaw.bsky.social

A blackbird amongst the cherry blossom

Camellia

Pussy Willow

Oak twigs

Wriggly hazel twigs

Snowdrops

Quince