Pears, Apples and Nature Journal Art

We packed a lunch and went where we knew the pears would be. Over on the family road where we found the queen anne’s lace.

We hopped out and ran to the pear tree. We found one lone pear.

We played with the kitty. And the fake snake that keeps the critters away from the pears.

Then we sat and sketched. We looked up and noticed the branches. We thought the branches were similar to the weeping willow in a fashion.

The way the branches grow up then hang down heavy with fruit and leaves. We also noticed the rough, gray bark.

We ran around the open spaces and enjoyed a little more.

Look how many zinnias Aunt Patti has!

We gathered a few treasures…

Then we headed home to the kitchen table where we compared apples and the one pear. We compared the outside, the texture, the shape, the smell. Taste tests proved that the apple was perfectly delicious while the pear seemed hard and not ripe. Quite tart!

And we dissected. Guess what we discovered? That both the apple and the pear have the five seeds shaped like a star!

We continue to enjoy all the many nature journal pages from the September Outdoor Hour newsletter and the More Nature Study ebook.

(sorry for so many photos but the mosaic just didn’t work well to show them all).

Then, since we’d forgotten to collect pear tree leaves, the next day we gathered some from the yard.

And we outlined the shapes with watercolor paints, following the nature journal suggestion in the September newsletter, Outline the Shape.

It was such fun and they turned out so beautifully!

Enjoying the beautiful weather over several days, learning more about pears and pear trees, sketching and painting.

Thanks and {{hugs}} to Outdoor Hours.