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| 4/22/15 various inks, watercolor, Caran d'Ache Museum water- soluble colored pencils, Canson XL 140 lb. paper |
On the way home from an errand in Ballard, I drove on the
non-arterial streets, where I often spot interesting trees to sketch. Since today
is Earth Day, I had my eyes open for
yet another butchered tree to add to my sketch collection. (I thought I could
comment on the continual negotiation on planet Earth between humans and other
inhabitants. Or some such.)
Instead I found this one: a relatively tall tree for a
traffic circle (those trees tend to be short to avoid being a visual
obstruction), with a slim profile and its branches somewhat spindly. Its
yellowish leaves made me wonder if it’s an elm, though I’m not sure. In any
case, I was struck by the wild criss-crossing of power lines all around that slender tree, which seems to be growing through the center of a giant
game of Cat’s Cradle.
Happy Earth Day, skinny tree, and keep ducking those wires!
Maybe that's the secret...be a skinny tree and avoid the wires. Nice sketch of the tree and all the wires.
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