Chocolate, Bunchy Sweaters, Fall...Brown

I have really been enjoying this Summer of Color hosted by Kristen.  She has done a wonderful job pulling this together.  If you have a minute, you should visit her blog and see how amazing it is.  If you'd like to join in the fun, it's not too late.  This week's color is Brown.  I love the color brown, it makes me think of Fall, chocolate, textured bunchy sweaters, breezy cool days with leaves all around.  For this color, I did a couple of pictures.  

The first picture makes me think of my husband.  My hero, youthful, always looking out for others, funny, smart, a man of many talents.  So, I made it with him in mind. 

The background is inks, the rest is watercolor pencils, I added water to the trees for the painty effect.  

For this next picture, I was thinking of Fall and how much I'd love for it to be Fall already.  It has been a hot, miserable and exceptionally buggy summer and I'm ready for a new season, where I can go outside.  This is somewhat of a self-portrait, because when I thought of brown, this is where I saw myself.  A big, thick, textured sweater, cool, crisp breeze, leaves floating and dancing in the air, the smell of pumpkin pie....

Have a lovely and hopefully, not too hot week!  

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey.....
By the way, if you are interested, things are happening over at A Pen For A Dream.