Draw before the rain

A shower is coming over the ridge. There’s time for the line of the hill, the gap between the trees and the dark block of a barn. The fields can wait. By the time the first drop hits the page, the shape of the valley is there.

A quick drawing makes you choose which parts of a view you’ll miss when it’s gone. Try putting the horizon down first. Add the shape that caught your eye. Give the drawing a word for the light.

Open it tomorrow. See which details come back before you read the word.