Line and wash self-portrait of Nicolas Steenhout. He has a black mop style paintbrush in his mouth and is holding a fountain pen in his left hand, pointing up.

Nic's Art Journey

Two quick ones

Squeezed two small sketches on the same page on my errands yesterday. Happy with those.

Line and wash sketch. Sketch of a yellow fire hydrant with a red top, and a wooden rail fence in the background. A different sketch on the bottom left is that of an old tree with gnarled branches and orange leaves.

Spotted fire hydrants, and one of them had a safe spot to stop to sketch it.

The other one was a tree with loads of character. I was losing the light quickly, but I got it done! I got distracted while doing it because a Great blue heron landed on a tree in my line of sight!

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Published on November 9, 2025

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