Drawing outdoors

Drawing outdoors has a certain urgency at times to get things down quickly,

especially in this case where I was also trying to capture the women eating breakfast

before they left! I like to record details as well which does give the drawing

some realism. Also, when I draw sometimes I imagine myself in the space

and this helps me to notice the distance of things in the location.

This location was the bakery on campus at UWI.

Plum Tree

You know there is something about living in the Caribbean that is amazing.

The landscape is interesting to me, it's a theme that West Indian authors write about

constantly in their storytelling and I understand why now, having studied many

of these authors in my degree. This simple plum tree located behind my

neighbours's house, appealed to me because of the unusual shapes

created by the branches and the fact that in my landscape

their is always something or someone that fascinates me.

I feel lucky that I can live in such a place.

A tree!

I like drawing trees because of the unusual shapes that are

created by the branches and each one has a unique texture and shape.

Maybe my love for trees began at a young age...I would climb the fruit trees

and my cousins and I would sit in the neighbour's large tamarind

tree and eat tamarind all day, talk and play....and this one had a nice sitting spot too!