Working through Liz Steel's Sketching course, I am trying to do lots of sketches; this week she talked about using guide lines and I found that guide lines did help, particularly with the distance between the objects.  While she has encouraged us to go outside and sketch ... I suspect she has not done this during a Canadian winter! 

This was finally finished yesterday - I can't tell you how long I have been working on this little piece - but usually for only 2 hours a week at the Grasby Studio where I often go to paint.  It is a watercolour.

I splashed some colour on this to begin with - and then added some quick leaf outlines.