Light and Breezy

She said I illustrated a hurricane instead of something breezy. She must know what she's talking about because she lives in a typhoon belt. So here's something light and breezy. Literally. This was supposed to be simple based on the view outside my office window, see the photographs below. The birds provided an aerial ballet show for me. I have always admired the trees that line the bayou. I thought I'd draw the view. At lunchtime instead of eating, I went to the cafe patio to draw a little bit before I resumed my hectic schedule. It was very breezy. After fifteen minutes, I gave up and went back upstairs. Alas, the wind blew the drawing away. The only way for me to prevent the drawing from being lost was to step on it. So now there were shoe prints on the drawing. Instead of a simple line drawing, I decided to cover the entire board with ink. I initially called this "Twelve Angry Men" but with more foliage, it is turning into a park. If you click on the image at right to enlarge it, you will be able to see the actual size of the human and animal figures.