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| 2/28/15 various inks, F-C music nib pen, Caran d'Ache Museum colored pencil, Canson XL 140 lb. paper |
This type of evergreen, which is plentiful in these parts
but which I don’t know the name of, is difficult for me to sketch because the
usually dense branches form dark fir-y masses in the center that taper out to
feathery ends. I practice often on the ugly, misshapen tree visible from our
bedroom window; in fact, I just practiced this morning (see below and my post last October).
On my way home from running errands this afternoon, I
spotted the tree at left. Its sparse branches made it look like a plastic comb that
was missing most of its teeth. On the upside, it was much easier to sketch,
since I could see each branch distinctly. (Every sketch has an upside,
especially when there’s a clear blue sky behind it!)
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| 2/28/15 Sailor zoom nib pen, watercolor |
Poor thing looks like a skeleton tree with so much missing. Good sketch of what was there.
ReplyDeleteMost likely Deodar Cedar - or, no, maybe Atlas Cedar is a bit more sparse. Both are hugely abundant here and all over the freeways and the UW - everywhere!
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