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This was the base of a lovely maple tree right outside my tent, lots of personality. Many of my sketches from this week were a bit distracted and unfocused, and

This is the first sketch I did from my second week at camp with some of my boys. There was an interesting assortment of roots and rocks in our camp

This was my last sketch duing my stay at Camp Carpenter, 2016. It was a bit rushed, as we were in the nature program area, but the staff took the

There are some beautiful red pine trees  bordering the sports field at camp. This one had some cool shadows falling on it in the morning, which I didn't quite capture

There was no shortage of cool trees in our campsite, though we weren't there frequently enough for me to draw more than this one.

On the heals of my unfinished pinecone, I picked up another one at the sports field and got a little further on this one.

Just like last year, I picked up a pinecone in the handicraft program area, but ran out of time to finish it. Pinecones are fascinating and intricate marvels of nature.

Close up of my paracord bracelet, trying to get the volumes and shapes rather than the micro textures on this one.

There's a really nice, big tree at the camp waterfront near the picnic table I frequently sit at while the boys swim. This would be that tree.

There's a really cool post and beam structure at camp called Fort Friendship. I always enjoy hanging out there. This was just one of many interesting, weathered, mortis and tenon

This leaf cluster was near the "space exploration" program area. I wanted to fill the page and capture the context of the leaves I wanted to focus on.

Another waterfront sketch from Camp Carpenter, this one looking past the swimming area to the view beyond. I tend to spend a lot of time "zooming in" and studying textures,