Not to disrespect the tree, but why am I calling it a poser? The true identity of the tree is below.
This is another try at sketching with oil paint sticks. They’re like big oily crayons, so it’s impossible to draw a skinny line or a small texture with them. They force me to draw fast and loose. One good thing about taking my oil paint sticks out to sketch in Plein air is that I don’t need to take my pallet, turpentine and brushes along. The bad thing is that I have to make do with the colors I have and can’t mix the colors as well on the paper as I would like to.
This is an older tree of the same family. They’re called, Hitoki Falsecypress. The one I sketched is about 4 feet tall. So I’d tell the small tree,” There’s no need to feel bad about not being a real cypress tree, little poser. Some day you will be as big and respectable as your beautiful neighbor.”
Nice job with the sticks, Chris! Really like the tree. I’m gonna have to try this.
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Thanks!
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Have you tried aquarelle pencils? They come out like soft crayon, and then you can run water through them with a brush once back indoors. The colours are quite vivid. And, once dry you can add conte or similar.
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Thanks for the tip. I’ll look for them next time I shop.
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