Is that the tree right outside your house? The one the we were throwing the football through? ANyway....it is a sweet sketch. Probably my favorite from your sketches so far. The shadows are subtle and the flat edge technique worked perfect for the bark.... great sketch. thanks for sharing!
everything thing i draw is visible from where i park my car at work in the morning, unless otherwise noted.
my problem with trees is that i can't replicate their bigness. the trunks and primary branches look ok, but then the rest looks to small, short and weedy. this one, in an artificial way, escaped that, because there wasn't room on the page for the smaller branches. the bark was a pleasant surprise, but i think that in general, the longer strokes are a product of rushing, and tend to ruin sketches more than build them up.
thanks to dad for the scannah-lama. his scanner is so powerful, you can see the sketch on the next page.
You have captured the "big shouldered-ness" of this beaut. I'm convinced I know this tree--Silver Maple. Come spring I'd like to see a more detailed drawing of the flowers and the new leaves. The micro as well as the macro. Both Cathy Johnson and Claudia Nice do that kind of thing--searching the subject to get a full knowledge of it. This tree may become your intimate friend by summer.
When I posted this for you I thought of cropping the bottom so the picture frame had no "pencil ends" and it had that "window look." May still.
Is that the tree right outside your house? The one the we were throwing the football through? ANyway....it is a sweet sketch. Probably my favorite from your sketches so far. The shadows are subtle and the flat edge technique worked perfect for the bark....
ReplyDeletegreat sketch. thanks for sharing!
everything thing i draw is visible from where i park my car at work in the morning, unless otherwise noted.
ReplyDeletemy problem with trees is that i can't replicate their bigness. the trunks and primary branches look ok, but then the rest looks to small, short and weedy. this one, in an artificial way, escaped that, because there wasn't room on the page for the smaller branches. the bark was a pleasant surprise, but i think that in general, the longer strokes are a product of rushing, and tend to ruin sketches more than build them up.
thanks to dad for the scannah-lama. his scanner is so powerful, you can see the sketch on the next page.
You have captured the "big shouldered-ness" of this beaut. I'm convinced I know this tree--Silver Maple. Come spring I'd like to see a more detailed drawing of the flowers and the new leaves. The micro as well as the macro. Both Cathy Johnson and Claudia Nice do that kind of thing--searching the subject to get a full knowledge of it. This tree may become your intimate friend by summer.
ReplyDeleteWhen I posted this for you I thought of cropping the bottom so the picture frame had no "pencil ends" and it had that "window look." May still.