I wanted to draw a little group of trees in fall that where loosing their leafs. With all the reds, browns, yellow and greens. But when I started I realized that I still don’t know how to draw trees.
I have all those pictures of real trees and painted trees in my mind. The real trees have thousands of leafs and I don’t think I have either the patience or the time to draw them all. The painted trees are drawn with thick brushes making broad strokes in a style you can’t replicate using pencils.
When I started with this drawing I wanted to find out which colors I would need to mix the colors I wanted. But very soon I discovered that the tree looked like the first attempt of a little child.
Tree 5
On second thought I tried a little composition with a street and several trees. But the trees don’t satisfy me.
My next assignment will be to think about the shape and color of the pencil drawn trees.
Tree 6
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