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| 8/9/19 graphite tree study |
Through a studio window, I can see several trees across the
street and behind our neighbor’s house. With my eye, I can distinguish them by
color and shape and see how some stand in front of others, but I thought it
would be an interesting challenge to try to draw them in monochrome and
distinguish them by texture only. I didn’t spend enough time on the sketch to
bring out the shadows that would have defined the branches more, but I always thoroughly
enjoy the sensation of scribbling graphite this way to evoke trees.
Bonus: The tree on the right – a tree I have seen nearly
every day the past three decades – turned out to be two trees standing very close
together. You can see the two slender trunks and two somewhat indistinct
leaders. Only the act of drawing made me observe them closely enough to notice
this.
Funny that you didn't notice that the tree on the right was really two slender trees together. That just shows how our observational skills when sketching really become sharper.
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