The directions say to post on Saturday, but I finished this tonight and if I don’t do it now, I probably won’t remember to post it. Virtual Sketch Link November
I love trees – drawing, painting, watching trees. This was done with a mechanical pencil on acid-free card stock. It took about two hours. It was a fun and “grokking” sketch. I learn more about shadows and balance when I focus on great trees like this.
24 responses so far ↓
1 Rose Welty // Nov 19, 2008 at 10:11 pm
I love this interpretation – very creative. I started in graphite but gave up and moved to acrylics. This is very nice!
2 Regina // Nov 19, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I thought about doing this in colored pencil or watercolor, but started in graphite during a phone conversation and then I couldn’t stop. The colors of the original photo are fantastic, but I didn’t think I’d have time to do them justice. Thanks, Rose. Can’t wait to see your acrylic!
3 leslie // Nov 20, 2008 at 10:43 am
Yeah, baby!!
Very cool, Regina.
I’m ‘tree-ish’ myself.
4 Regina // Nov 20, 2008 at 10:49 am
Thank you, Leslie. I like to look at a tree and try to “feel” the balance – - weights and counter-weights, especially on a windy day. Trees are amazing.
5 Joanna // Nov 20, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Very nice!
6 Jo Castillo // Nov 20, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Nice Regina. I like that you are one with the tree. That is what Tiger Woods does in golf, become one with the ball or some such.
Lovely drawing.
7 Regina // Nov 20, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Thank you, Joanna and Jo – I appreciate your comments.
8 Stacy R // Nov 22, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Regina, seeing your pencil sketch makes me wish I had given mine a try. I really like the negative drawing in the bottom right corner and how you chose to add just a few leaves on the tree.
9 Andy // Nov 23, 2008 at 7:11 am
Brilliant. I really like this, great style and love the way you’ve suggested a background full of plant life.
10 Jan // Nov 23, 2008 at 8:16 am
Very nice. The strength of the tree comes through. The bark texture is great. Isn’t it just amazing what you do with just one pencil?
11 Paulette // Nov 23, 2008 at 8:22 am
Lovely pencil work! You really handled the shade well. I like the background too.
12 Sherry Thurner // Nov 23, 2008 at 9:07 am
Your graphite drawing is charming. While the tree is interesting with it’s shape and shadows, my eye went right to the negative shapes of ferns and dappled grass in the lower right.
13 Regina // Nov 23, 2008 at 9:25 am
Thank you, Stacy – I’m thinking that maybe I should make that negative drawing a little less dark, as it seems to take away from the tree. But it was a great photo to draw from!
14 Regina // Nov 23, 2008 at 9:26 am
Andy – thank you so much. It’s always difficult to figure out where and when to stop on a drawing like this.
15 Regina // Nov 23, 2008 at 9:27 am
Jan – That bark was interesting to attempt to duplicate – the grain seemed to go different ways on various parts of the tree.
16 christine // Nov 23, 2008 at 11:55 am
Regina, this is a very lovely drawing. I find it exudes a real sense of peace and lightness.
17 laura // Nov 23, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Lovely drawing–absolutely wonderful sense of light shining through leaves!
18 Regina // Nov 23, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Paulette – thank you so much – it was fun to work on.
Sherry – I appreciate your comments – and I’m still wondering if I need to subdue that area where the fern is…..
Christine – thank you so much. That means a great deal to me.
Laura – I wasn’t sure if a pencil sketch could really give a sense of filtered light – I may still try this in color some day.
19 Brenda Y // Nov 23, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Outstanding drawing! You did a terrific job, especially on the texture of the trunk and on the shadows.
In reply to your comment on my blog. . . Yupo is plastic not paper and watercoloring on it is a bit like painting on glass–slippery! It’s a fun support that usually gives me interesting results.
20 Rhonda Bartoe Tucker // Nov 24, 2008 at 6:12 am
Wow. Sometimes I forget how a graphite drawing can such a thing of beauty. Thanks for reminding me. Great work!
21 Regina // Nov 24, 2008 at 9:18 am
Thank you Brenda – the texture on the bark was challenging!
Rhonda – what a very nice thing to say. You made my day!
22 Peggy Montano // Nov 24, 2008 at 10:08 am
I am envious of your ability to draw like this.
Really beautiful.
23 joanie // Dec 5, 2008 at 1:21 am
really lovely, tender pencil rendering. Love what’s going on at lower right with those leaves, ferns, something coming thru. very evocative.
24 MD // Dec 16, 2008 at 1:55 am
Beautiful.
MD
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