Illustration Friday

I found a website today which suggests topics to illustrate on Fridays so I thought I'd have a whack. Today's topic was "simple" and that's not easy but I got a piece of paper and a pen to think with and immediately Iris came in walking like an arthritic cowboy and said "poo in my shorts". It turned out the front steps needed a hose down too. So, after a break for parenting, I got back to it. I did these:

A leaf rubbing. A simple technique for a complex subject but it makes a simple concept.
And that made me think of an illustrative simplification of a seedling.

And this is one for dee.run who's doing the Round the Bays race on Sunday. Iris started it last year. We made it as far as the Oriental Bay playground. Simple.