This is a graphite drawing that I began as a check that I liked composition for a painting.  There were few flowers in the garden yet these astonishing Malus leaves kept their leathery form and vivid colour so that I could draw them from life with little of the usual difficulties of live plants.  Exploring forms in monochrome is deeply absorbing.  And, as I only have a range of pencils, an eraser and the paper I am drawing on, it is easy to start and clear up after a session which is a big bonus at times. Graphite on Paper 2023  40 x 30cm 16 x 12in