![View from the top floor window - Spring Drawing by Sophie Peanut](https://sophiepeanut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/spring4.jpg)
Capture energy in Spring landscape drawings
The Yorkshire countryside landscape is beautiful in Spring and I love walking the hills. Sadly I broke my ankle on Easter Sunday, and I haven’t been out much this year. I still managed a few Spring landscape drawings from my windows and in the nearby park.
I find Spring fascinating to sketch as you can almost feel the trees and flowers grow and it is always a great challenge to try and capture nature’s energy at this time of the year.
![Spring drawing of Trees by Sophie Peanut](https://sophiepeanut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/spring5.jpg)
Painting greens in watercolours
It is hard to get the feeling of Spring without colour and most of my sketches were done in watercolour – apart from the one above where I forgot to take a water brush with me. But there’s a catch – most of the landscape is GREEN (surprise!) and it is easy to end up with a big green mess.
To avoid this I try to abstract shapes and observe all the different variations of greens: blue-green, yellow-green, brown-green and so on. After a first light wash, I come back and add the darker areas and some texture marks.
I am not always happy with the results and I do sometimes end up with overworked sketches… All the more reasons to keep trying!
![Spring watercolour sketch - Teenagers in the park Sophie Peanut](https://sophiepeanut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/spring1.jpg)
![Spring trees painting in watercolour by Sophie Peanut](https://sophiepeanut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/spring2.jpg)
![Spring Landscape drawings - Spring trees sketch in watercolour and Inktense pencils by Sophie Peanut](https://sophiepeanut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/spring6.jpg)
Sketching Spring flowers
Flower are perfect to get away from all-green Spring Landscape drawings, therefore I couldn’t resist the rhododendrons in the park and their glorious exuberance. Most of all it was the perfect opportunity to let loose with colour.
I look forward to some summer sketching. Now my ankle is healing so I should be able to venture further afield again!
![Spring flowers drawing of rhododendrons in pen and watercolour by Sophie Peanut](https://sophiepeanut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/spring3.jpg)