Three trunks
Posted: October 15, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 17 CommentsThe maple on my neighbour’s lawn is absolutely on fire — ablaze with yellows and reds and all the colours in between — but you wouldn’t know it from this sketch. I have a choice of five or six sketchbooks of all sizes and paper surfaces in my bag on most days but this was clearly the wrong choice of paper for fall foliage. It’s too smooth to do a big wet wash and too yellowish to allow the colours to pop. But I guess if I hadn’t told you, you might just think the foliage was soft greens and yellows.
Very clever!
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Thanks for getting it Angie!
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I have 3 huge maples at the back dropping their glorious leaves as I type..I have tried to paint them..to no avail..this is so good..
Wish…
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But I’m sure you will take some gorgeous photos of those trees…
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Good to see that you remembered to move the subject off the centre of the page. But what is going on behind that tree trunk… it look like the car has morphed into a hedge? : )
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Don’t you have cars like that in Australia? Hedge in front and car in back. Very useful in certain situations.
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Yes, I am sure they would be very useful for Canadians… perhaps to hide from bears while driving through the forest?
Anyway, this little example reminded me that someone (maybe on the blog) had talked about the problem of changing the background behind poles/trees/columns/etc and the way that can cause confusion… do you happen to recall that discussion?
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I think camouflage cars were exempt from that rule.
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Oops…forgot to tick the box again.
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[laughing] That is such a 15-year-old-daughter reply.
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I’ll take that as a compliment : )
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I love your sketches. They are so inspirational!
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Great to hear from you Connie! Hope you are drawing too.
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Glad you mentioned your sketchbooks. I have 4 on the go and was thinking I should finish one before I start another. don’t think so now, thanks.
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I have so many on the go but they are all different. Each one is a different size, paper surface, etc. But I will never start another one of the same type before I finish the previous one. I have so many Moleskines that I number them in gold ink on the spines now.
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It may not look precisely like what was in front of you, but it is still quite lovely. I’m in love with the trunks on the trees and the deep trunk shadows under the foliage. The line combined with the wash has always appealed to me and you do it quite well.
~ Fleetwood
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Thanks Fleet. I guess I just had this picture in my mind of what I wanted to paint and it didn’t at all come out like I had hoped. The yellow was so electric against the dark trunks and in this my colours are so muted.
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