Hi Phoebe sorry to be away so long, I have had to settle into coastal oil painting for now so the trees are quietly taking a break! However Ulrike who has been visiting our area came out with me to a lovely beach with a wood by it. Ulrike settled into painting the beach while I took the opportunity to sketch a conifer, it was such an untidy wild looking tree that I had to really edit what I was seeing or not seeing as the case was! It was wonderful to be back drawing my dear friends the trees though I must say I am finding my coastal painting very peaceful and enjoying using the colours and skills learned with Deborah on her courses.
The sketches here are not really on a blue back ground the light outside is incredibly bright, yes the sun is shining in Scotland! so I took the photos inside but it is not a great success but you get the general idea!
Hi Caroline, It's so good to be in touch with you again! These studies are wonderful and inspiring. Deborah mentioned "in order to draw a tree you have to know a tree". Your drawings show an in depth knowledge of a conifer tree. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHi Phoebe, I love my trees I am so glad that Ulrike and I were by a beach with wonderful pine trees on the edge. While Ulrike painted the beach I sat and sketched my dear trees. Mind you it was not easy as the wind had made a bit of a mess of all of the branches!
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