Fall Leaves

Fall is a short, but magical time of the year.

For this drawing I used a fountain pen with a bent nib – to be able to color in large areas at a time. The foreground is dark with detailed leaves and gradually transitions to light through a few ripples in the water with the trunks of a few trees.

I would be lying if I said this was completely my original thought. It is based on a photo that I took, which was in turn inspired by an M.C. Escher print, which was included in a biography about the artist that I have kept in my possession since I was a teenager. I was recently re-reading this book to help me fall asleep at night – something it does very well because it is almost as dryly written as a history textbook.