DRAWING OUTSIDE IN THE COLD

I have found it very difficult to work outside in sub-zero temperatures. The biggest problem is keeping the fingers warm. One can shelter behind hedges and bushes but then one is out of the sun and it feels even colder. It does focus the mind however and one only bothers with the essential information. These are two examples that I will use as a basis for studio paintings.

The trees and bushes in the cavées are mostly ancient elder and blackthorn with very tortuous shapes.