2:06 PM: whenever the urge to go up to the creek and draw/paint comes over me, i have to listen. so at about 11 this morning, i started preparing my equipment, loaded it in the car at noon, and drove up the rocky, narrow dirt road, past shumei and the zen center to the creek. i say the creek, but actually there are quite a few creeks, with water rushing down form the 14K mountains above crestone.
when i completed the initial drawing in quill pan and india ink, i began using my colored pencils. after about an hour, i started back down to the studio, where i collaged a piece of paper over the second rock form the bottom, which wasn’t working for me, and declared it resolved.
while preparing to take my morning shower, i brought some drawing materials with me into the bathroom. why not, i asked myself, take very opportunity to draw? this may be the start of a series; we’ll see.
9/10/25 creek drawing, 16x6” colored pencil, collage & india ink on bristol paper
the creek this morning at about 11:30am