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| 12/25/17 Our neighbor's weeping cypress |
Gray and gloomy Christmases are common here; wet ones are
even more common. A white Christmas in Seattle, though, is rare. I can remember
only a few as a child, and even fewer as an adult. It started snowing late-afternoon
on Christmas Eve, but the flakes were so tiny that I skeptically assumed they
wouldn’t amount to much. You can imagine what a treat it was to wake this
morning to several inches of snow.
After exchanging a few gifts, Greg and I bundled up and
took a walk around our neighborhood – he with his camera; I with my sketchbook.
All the ordinary trees I see every day looked magical when covered with snow,
especially the graceful weeping cypresses.
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| 12/25/17 The same tree as above from the opposite side. |
The temperature was about 33 F degrees (0.5 C) and
climbing, and clumps of snow were already falling off the trees and rooftops.
We went back home to warm up, but after lunch I was still in the mood to make
one more sketch before all the snow melted away. I was too lazy to put my boots
back on. I just walked into the bathroom and stood by the sink, where I had a
perfect view (top of page) of the tree I had sketched earlier from the opposite
side (at left). (I used this same lazy strategy to sketch this tree last February, too!)
Technical note: I’ve been enjoying using the tan Stillman & Birn Nova for drawing people
and indoor scenes, so I used it for a couple of these trees, but I think I
prefer the gray one for snow scenes – the white seems to show up better, and it
matches the flat gray of the sky.
I hope you’re enjoying a wonderful Christmas, whether it’s
white, gray, wet or sunny!
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| 12/25/17 Maple Leaf Park |
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| 12/25/17 Crow on a wire. |
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| Our 'hood |
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| Maple Leaf Park |
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| Sketching at Maple Leaf Park |
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| Merry Christmas! |
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