I love to draw and I try to enter drawings in the Indiana State Fair each year. I just completed (at least I think its complete!) a drawing so I thought I would share it. We have a giant oak tree in our neighborhood and it is really magnificent. It has a huge circumference and the branches swoop down and almost touch the ground. They feel like arms trying to embrace me as I walk by with Baxter and Buffy. Here is my drawing and I don’t think I’ve really communicated the LARGENESS of the tree but I know what I’m going to correct in a watercolor I’m going to attempt. Enjoy the shade on this HOT day!
The Giant
Wonderful tree (love how you add the lights between the leaves), Linda.
Thank you Hanneke! That took the most time – it was hard to find a good balance between the dark and light values.
I once saw a painting of a giant tree and the perspective was from the ground looking up so that it was all leaves and branches. Wonderful. I look forward to your upcoming tree painting.
That’s one big tree! And we can all use some shade these days. Lovely drawing, Linda.