Forest walking

The weather is too beautiful for me to be locked in the studio so
the last two mornings I have headed for the hills and attempted to
improve my watercolour skills.

This morning I went to our communal Forest, notable for its lack
of trees -
still an amazing place to be. Cicadas, butterflies, mantises both
emerald and gold, views as far as the edge of the world (no trees
in the way).
Yesterday went to la Poux and drew the great clouds massing
over La Serpent.Which was why I didn't see the grey blanket
cloud sneak up until it hailed ice bits at me -not for long, but
enough to put me off. Didn't help my watercolours any, sadly