Bend in the Road (Digital Pastel)

Bend in the Road (Digital Pastel), a photo by randubnick on Flickr.

I made this quick sketch tonight with digital pastel (using Painter 12). The trees are turning beautiful colors of gold and apricot. There are many views like this on country roads around here, but what I really had in mind is closer to home: a little piece of roadway between a major street and the nearest shopping center. The curve of that little road is beautiful, a great view in every season, but I have never taken a picture there because I am usually driving right through, with traffic behind me, and there is really no good place to park. Of course, I saw it today, and the colors were amazing. So tonight I did this little sketch from memory.