The prompt today is to sketch a nearby tree. The house is filled with the scent of lilacs, cut from my row of 9 in the back yard. But I am in love with the two white birches at the end of our front driveway next to the mailboxes. The light is illuminating them this morning as I stand across the street with my Pentalic Premier pen and Pentalic Aqua Sketchbook. I am tempted to get my little mini Altoids kit and dash in the shadows, but I resist. I am happy with the line work.....it says how connected everything is.
Once before, I made a proper watercolor painting of the sunlight and shadows on the bark.
You can zoom a high resolution image of the line drawing here on my Flickr photostream.
Lovely sketch!!! I think just the lines say it well...although I would be itching to add color. I have a hard time doing something in ink and just leaving it. lol Glad you did!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joan. You are so right. I planned to add color from the beginning, but as soon as I started the pen work, it took over.
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