Went out in the afternoon to scout the place I want to see next for an autumn color chart. Since clocks have been changed it is getting dark already at 5 pm, just enough time to study the trunk of a beech tree and those bigger branches of the tree top.
The next blog posts are dedicated to drawing tree branches. One of the mopst interesting parts of a branch is the base of the branch, the connection between the trunk and the branch. The older the tree and branches are the more a kind of “shoulder” gets visible. The pen drawing above shall illustrate these [...]
The time is coming that our trees stand bare of leaves. Drawing trees in winter is a special delight as the beauty of their branches can be seen in full. At the same time vistas are possible that have been obscured by leaves during summer. I found an interesting blog post about branching on sevensixfive [...]
Weblog about drawing trees, sketching in forests by Martin Stankewitz,Edition Handdruck,Maulbronn
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"It is no exaggerated praise to call a tree the grandest and most beautiful of all productions on the earth."
Reverend William Gilpin
Observations on Forest Scenery
Artist notesDu durchsuchst derzeit das How to draw a tree Archiv nach dem Monat October 2009.
Forest Postcards
Tree Poster
Tree landscape
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