Gerald — Thanks very much for your recent comments! This wasn’t a very large format, but the water-brush pen does come to a pretty fine point when it’s new. To get the leaf shape, I would just touch the side of the brush tip against the paper and voila. Though the surface has to be thoroughly dry to get a defined edge. Of course, some other parts are blobby, but I like it. Happy accidents. And happy little trees, too. (Ode to Bob Ross)

Johnny — Indeed, I was thankful that there was a low likelihood of encountering pheremone-soaked leis, but actually I was surprised by just how jumpy I wasn’t. Maybe because I was just so certain I was going to see a snake, that it wasn’t a surprise and also because the scenario of SoaP was just so extremely far-fetched, that it made my reality seem fairly tame. Of course, I wasn’t the person whose feet it slithered past. Still, I was very careful to make sure I didn’t inadvertently piss of any motherfuckin snakes!

Chris — Thank you! I appreciate the kind words, implying that I’ve got “watercolor magic.” You should see the earlier ones. More like watercolor tragic. Anyway, you’re welcome for the link. It was a no-brainer.

Doodlers! — Thanks!!! I guess we’re trading inspiration now, because those watercolors on your site were a bit of inspiration for me as I was on the trail. You’ll love the Moleskine book. It’s the perfect size to paint on the fly and just has a really nice feel. I’ll look forward to seeing some of the filled pages!

Man, you weren’t kidding. I would have flipped out is a snake slithered “casually” by my feet. Just thinking about that send shivers down my spine. I guess that’s one more forest I won’t be venturing into.

But as we know from SoaP, snakes only attack when provoked or when they smell special pheremones.