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Drawing trees with most simple means

ink drawing of trees

This ink drawing was done with a big brush in a small sketchbook on watercolor paper. I love this big old brush,which has served me for more than ten years as tool and as model in some still life paintings. Now I picked it up again after a long time to use it as drawing tool to fill this sketchbook with a series of simple ink drawings of tree landscapes. The sketchbook is handmade in coptic binding. I found it on the Mainzer Minipressen Fair in 2009. I want a “Japanese book” and so some Haiku by Matsuo Basho will be noted as well on pages in between the drawings.

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4 replies zu “Drawing trees with most simple means”

  1. pat reese
    on 2. April 2010

    I love the tree saw painting. I could live with that forever and the brush is to wonderful for words. This is going to be a great book.

  2. e-post
    on 3. April 2010

    Hello Pat,
    happy easter to you. The pastel drawing was inspired by Jim Dine and his incredible drawings. Here is an example

  3. Jala Pfaff
    on 11. April 2010

    Wonderful.
    I also love Basho.

  4. Robyn Sinclair
    on 17. April 2010

    I thought ‘Jim Dine’ but I also thought jolly good, Martin!

    As I’ve said elsewhere, these big brush ink paintings are wonderful,

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