Sepia .Sketches

Today we were stranded at home because of a wonderful deep snow fall....After shoveling and admiring the blanket of snow on everything... I got out my sketch pad.... Since I am away from my real studio... all I had was a bottle of sepia ink and my box of brushes and pens....

Brown is not the colors outside right now... but I did not have blue...only brown ink...so I came up with these...ideas for paintings later.... Rembrandt and da Vinci... sketched in Sepia..It is good practice with 3 values...and I love browns....

These are the trees outside the window.... lots of texture with white snow all around... It sure is nice to have a day to create . Hope all you in Indiana that got stuck home.. did something creative today... God created today with His amazing snow...making everything white... with sparkles, creating designs in shades of blues and purples.... It was a new world this morning....hope you could enjoy it.