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My million bells drawing, FWIW. I'll try not to yammer on and on being ultracritical of this, as is my wont, but unlike so many of my recent efforts, at least it came out looking pretty respectable.


Magenta Million Bells by ~erin-c-1978 on deviantART

Edit: Going through my Prismacolor Verithins, this is a reminder to myself that I need to order 12-packs of White, Tuscan Red, and Dark Umber, because I've got about two inches left of each. I use those colors a LOT, and it's one color I actually probably will use a 12-pack of over time, unlike, say, Light Aqua (to give an example of one color not found much in flowers outside of dyed carnations on St. Patrick's Day). I also need to hide all my green colored pencils that aren't Olive Green and Apple Green, because every time I use them I discover all over again that they're too garish for leaves.

OK, here's the finished version. (Probably.)

Bradford Pear 2 by ~erin-c-1978 on deviantART

A twig I plucked off a serviceberry bush outside the place we ate dinner last night. Still not 100 percent sure whether it's Allegheny serviceberry or downy serviceberry; the leaves are furry (or "densely pubescent" as the guidebook puts it) as downy serviceberry is described, whereas Allegheny serviceberry is supposed to have smooth leaves. On the other hand, they're very young leaves, and I don't know what stages Allegheny serviceberry leaves might go through on the way to being smooth.

Serviceberry Blooms by ~erin-c-1978 on deviantART

I'm glad I drew this last night, because today the flowers are almost all open (some were noticably more open than they started by the time I finished the drawing), and I couldn't have gotten the same effect.

I'd had another serviceberry drawing finished, or so I thought, but it's in the shop for repairs.