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| 9/14/17 Greenwood neighborhood (water-soluble colored pencil) |
The traffic circle at 83rd and Dayton in the
Greenwood neighborhood is one of my favorite harbingers of fall. Three slender
maples were planted by an arborist who must have chosen three varieties that would
turn on staggered schedules. The one on the north side always begins to color
first, and the one on the south side is the last to finish. I sketch these
maples in the fall more often than any other trees, and they are the most fun
to track over the course of a season.
I looked through my scanned images and found the one below from 2014 with the closest
date – Sept. 17. Sketched from the opposite side of the traffic circle, the one
on the left is the north tree. It had quite a bit more color that year than it does
today. Stay tuned – I’ll sketch them again in another month or so.
(Since I’m occupied with graphite for
the next 10 weeks, I have a feeling I’m going to rely even more heavily than
usual on maples to give me my much-needed color fixes this fall.)
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| 9/17/14 watercolor and colored pencil |
I can understand how you need the color of these trees. I'll be watching to see how they change in the next few weeks.
ReplyDeleteStay tuned! :-)
DeleteI really like looking at your sketch, and how the trees take center stage, beautiful color!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cathy! These trees will be very showy in a few weeks!
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