How to draw a tree - tree drawing
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Draw a tree - How to do it - sketches and drawings of trees
How to draw a tree -Is a collection of tree drawings and explanations how they have been done. Get inspired by famous and less famous, but very impressive contemporary and historic examples of tree drawings and have a look at online drawing tutorials. Get some inspiration here to find your own way how to do a tree drawing.
"A few remarks on Tree-drawing seems a necessary addition to the chapter on Sketching, as trees are almost invariably the first objects which a student attempts to draw from Nature out of doors, and as they first meet him with all the embarrassments of regular open-air work. The amateur says he or she finds trees very difficult-the regular workman knows that they are in fact impossible, as no human labour or power can render their intricacy, their change, their character, and subtle motion. It will be of great use to any student to watch and make occasional sketches of the same tree or group of trees in different weathers, and at different seasons. Any one who will do so will see that it is impossible for us to exhaust the subject of tree-drawing here; or indeed to give more than one good example of the best conventionalism, and a few hints for practice." Quoted from the Handbook of pictorial art. by Richard St. John Tyrwhitt Published in 1875, Clarendon Press (Oxford)
All of my drawing lenses:
How to draw a tree
Landscape drawing - Improve your skills
How to draw a pine tree
How to draw deciduous trees (mostly apple trees:).)
How to draw coniferous trees (some spruce trees)
Forest diary- a nature sketchbook
How to draw buildings and houses
Drawing the urban landscape
Draw people in a landscape
The self portrait - somewhat of an adventure
Face drawing - some tips
How to draw eyes
Artists sketchbooks - little nothings turn into big somethings
Sketching gear - a guide for beginners
Drawing the urban landscape
How to draw with a pen--In this lens you will learn about my favorite pen!-
How to draw a straight line
" A lively and what is called a masterly handling of the chalk or pencil, are, it must be confessed, captivating qualities to young minds, and become of course the objects of their ambition. They endeavour to imitate these dazzling excellencies which they will find no great labour in attaining. After much time spent in these frivolous pursuits the difficulty will be to retreat.; but it will then be too late; and there is scarce an instance of return to scrupulous labour, after the mind has been debauched and deceived by this fallacious mastery.!
(Sir Joshua Reynolds, quoted from Rex Vicat Cole in "The Artistic anatomy of trees")
Learning by doing - tree drawing from LIFE
The best way to learn drawing is to do it regularly from LIFE no matter what the subject is. Trees with their millions of (sometimes moving) leaves and the many shades of green are a special challenge however. So the main question is how such a "mission impossible" can be brought to an happy end. I can show here only one possible way (my way) as inspiration for your very own explorations.
Above:This is one of my sketchbook drawings,a study of a fruit tree meadow in late autumn.
As you can see in the unfinished parts the first step was to draw the outlines of tree stems and branches. In a second step the dark areas have been added. I often use short strokes in direction or in a 90° angle to the stem and branch axes.
Above:This is one of my sketchbook drawings,a study of a fruit tree meadow in late autumn.
As you can see in the unfinished parts the first step was to draw the outlines of tree stems and branches. In a second step the dark areas have been added. I often use short strokes in direction or in a 90° angle to the stem and branch axes.
Three critical points in depictions of trees
There are three points that deserve special attention on a tree drawing.- the depiction of the foliage or branches
- the connection between the foliage and the stem or trunk
- the basis of the trunk, how the trunk grows out of the earth
The depiction of the multitude of branches and the uncountable number of leaves is one of the major difficulties in drawing a tree.
Summarizing and simplifying are often the only way to come to results within a given time span. There are very rare attempts to depict a complete tree,but these are really exceptions.
The transition between foliage or the crown of the tree and the stem is of particular interest for viewers. Therefore I try to depict this part of the tree in a convincing way. Also the way you show how the tree is growing out of the ground is an important aspect which can make the drawing look natural or stiff.
In the beginning I would recommend to draw trees from a further distance, let say half a mile or so. The shape of the tree top and the proportions between trunk and top can be studied this way very well. Also the many details of the foliage do not irritate the viewer.
After some studies from a further distance I would do a series of drawings from shorter distances. The most difficult distance is reached when the tree is still visible in full height, but with a maximum of details. From my experience a study under the tree tops, between the stems, is easier than a full size depiction of a complete tree
How to draw the trunk of a tree
A sketchbook study with pen
Tree trunks are wonderful subjects to draw. This is a study of a tree broken by a storm.
Another drawing made in a fruit tree meadow with drawings of the tree stems.
This sketchbook study shows how the trunk of a fruit tree could be represented.
In this sketch the trunk and branches of some old chestnut trees are important parts of the composition. They are the contrasting element to the rigid box form of the house in the background,which is covered by wooden panels.
Rythm and patterns in foliage
Each tree species shows a certain pattern or rythm in the foliage and it is possible to characterize a tree by imitating this rythm with your drawing marks.
Van Gogh has given excellent examples how to use very simple marks to represent complicated masses of foliage.
In this drawing of the Abbaye Silvacane,Provence,the cypresses can be identified fairly easy,but the big Plata tree is much less convincing. The smaller round tree in the middle is a figtree in reality.
Below there is a recent study of apple trees. I tried to evoke the impression of the foliage by imitating the pattern I saw with the movements of my pen.
The third example is an attempt to draw a view in the Black Forest. In a way this sketch is nothing,but a field of pen strokes that imitate the rythm of the landscape as it was perceived.
To see the full set of sketches from the black forest (Schliffkopf) click here
Van Gogh has given excellent examples how to use very simple marks to represent complicated masses of foliage.
In this drawing of the Abbaye Silvacane,Provence,the cypresses can be identified fairly easy,but the big Plata tree is much less convincing. The smaller round tree in the middle is a figtree in reality.
Below there is a recent study of apple trees. I tried to evoke the impression of the foliage by imitating the pattern I saw with the movements of my pen.
The third example is an attempt to draw a view in the Black Forest. In a way this sketch is nothing,but a field of pen strokes that imitate the rythm of the landscape as it was perceived.
To see the full set of sketches from the black forest (Schliffkopf) click here
Some tricks that help to get a convincing tree drawing
Drawing of a fruit tree meadow
I would like to use one of my own drawing attempts to introduce two of the "tricks" I have learned from others.
One of the very convincing tricks is to combine detailed depiction of important areas with unfinished or blank areas. The second one is to illustrate dimensions,proportion and space by the surrounding of the tree.
1.The trunk
A stem looks convincing when the viewer sees how the tree grows out of the earth. For that reason I paid particular attention to area at the stems foot.
Also the play of shadows thrown by the foliage can add a lot to a drawing especially when it´s combined with marks that emphasize the three dimensional form of a stem. In this case the dark stems seem to recede behind the light masses of foliage.
2. The foliage
In this drawing I left a lot of space blank for the viewer with purpose.
As contrast I executed some foliage relatively detailed in order to offer some visual pattern that the viewers use unconsciously to fill the blank spaces with their own imagination.
With purpose I worked detailed on the leaves where the stem disappears behind the curtain of leaves to get a natural connection between foliage and stem. I used the young tree in the foreground with only a few branches yet as a kind of sample to illustrate the properties of foliage more detailed.
3.Proportion and space
The other trees in the background right and behind the main trees are simply there to illustrate the general form and the proportions between stem and crown as well as the space that they fill. This way you can even stretch the imagination of the viewer outside of the frame of the drawing. The drawing would not loose much of it´s meaning, if you would cut one quarter or third from the top, as full trees can be seen still on the right side.
Ink drawings of trees - Life studies done outdoors
Here are two life or plein air studies in india ink of local landscapes with trees. Both drawings were conducted in several sessions. The original size of the drawings is approx. 15"X10". Both drawings are part of a landscape sketchbook project.
These can be purchased as prints from my Zazzle store.
The tree challenge by Vivien Blackburn - June 2009
Invitation to draw or sketch a tree
Artist Vivien Blackburn has invited her blog readers to join the tree challenge. Almost any media are possible main condition: the drawing has to be done from life.
Great instructions there and great pictures of trees to come.
Great instructions there and great pictures of trees to come.
- paintings prints and stuff: paint or sketch trees: challenge
- The tree callenge June 2009 on Vivien Blackburns blog " Paintings prints and stuff"
Trees as important parts of a composition
A sketchbook drawing in blue ink pen with some conifers ,spruce trees.
An example from the sketchbook "urban landscape": Castle Solitude,Stuttgart, with old oak trees.
A forest study in charcoal
This is a forest study in charcoal. The size of the drawing is ca. 18"X24". I use no easel only a plywood sheet as a support for the paper and I draw sitting on a small tripod chair.
Quick sketches on a walk outdoors
Using outlines to draw tree tops
Quick sketches, done in 5 minutes,on a walk are a good exercise to train the general forms of trees and their basic proportions.
It is good fun to explore the shape of a tree in a blind contour drawing and create tonalities later by hatching.
In the next module there are further drawings of the same place, an historic pasture.
Photographic libraries of tree images
For those who cannot go out for own studies for what ever reason there are great resources on the net to study
- Trees @ Forestry Images
- Forestry Images: Forest Health, Natural Resources and Silviculture Photos with pictures of insects, diseases, trees, plants, weeds, ecosystems, fire, ecology, other pests and wildlife.
Drawing a group of oak trees - a work in progress study
See how a drawing of oak trees is done in several stages
There is a nice place about 60 minutes walk from my home. It is an historic pasture with groups of old oak trees. It looks a bid like a Constable landscape. At present I visit that place to do a drawing in one of my landscape books.
I began with the outline of the tree tops and tried to place the tree trunks with the right distance. As you see I could not get the full panorama into my book format. I limited my drawing to the group on the right.On the second visit the foilage was developed much further. I tried to represent the various tonalities, but ran into some difficulties. The images below can be enlarged by click on the image.
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In the last session I tried to recover some of the lost contours of the trunks and branches, but it will be difficult as I have already used a lot of hatches to get the dark tonalities.
Trunk of an apple tree - pencil drawing and white chalk
There are great subjects for life studies in those fruittree meadows around my home.
This drawing was made in 2001. The photograph below was taken in November last year and shows a detail of the same tree.
Drawing a tree - The mission impossible
How far can you go with it ?
- Gurney Journey: Leighton’s Lemon Tree
- Blog post on Gurney Journey Daily weblog by James Gurney.
This blog post shows and discusses a detailed silver point drawing of a lemon tree.
Quote:
"Frederick Lord Leighton (1830-1896) undertook such an experiment during a vacation to Capri in 1859. He worked from dawn to dusk on this 21x15 inch drawing for over a week. He once said that drawing a flower or tree was as difficult as drawing a head if you approached it with the same conscientiousness"
Thanks for the feature on the british art blog Making a Mark by Katherine Tyrell,London
I feel very honored that this lens was featured on "Earth day" with a blog post on the renowned british art blog Making a Mark by Katherine Tyrell.
Katherine, a Squidoo Giant, writes probably the best and at the same time most popular art blog on the net. She also has a great standing as coloured pencil artist with a main interest in botanical art. Drawing from life is our shared interest.
Katherine was the person who recommended to join Squidoo on her blog, for good reasons, as I understand much better meantime.
Katherine, a Squidoo Giant, writes probably the best and at the same time most popular art blog on the net. She also has a great standing as coloured pencil artist with a main interest in botanical art. Drawing from life is our shared interest.
Katherine was the person who recommended to join Squidoo on her blog, for good reasons, as I understand much better meantime.
- Making a Mark: Earth Day - and how to draw a tree!
- Blogpost feature of this lens on Making a Mark,by Katherine Tyrell
- Coloured Pencils - Resources for Artists by K.Tyrell
- This is the flagship lens on coloured pencils !
A leading resource for anybody wanting to find out more about coloured pencils. It has information for everybody from experienced artists to beginners wanting to learn all they can. Topics include
- tips and techniques for working with coloured pencils,
- information about coloured pencil brands and associated products,
- coloured pencil societies,
- coloured pencil artists and
- forums where you can discuss coloured pencil matters with artists working in coloured pencils
The Malkoff Trees
An outstanding collection of drawings
The Malkoff Trees are a collection of very detailed and realistic tree drawings by Stephen Malkoff. Stephen is the official artist of the National Register of Historic Trees. There is a special collection of historic trees too.
The works of Stephen Malkoff are amazing and
The works of Stephen Malkoff are amazing and
- Arboresque - The Malkoff Trees
- The exquisite work of Stephen Malkoff, one of America's leading nature artists who captures the elegance and majesty of America's historic trees.
How to draw a tree - The book published on BLURB
The little book in format 8X5 is based on the content of this lens. It contains 70 black and white images of pen, ink and charcoal drawings. You will find many of the illustrations on this lens, but others also from related lenses on drawing deciduous and coniferous trees and some extra images too in the book.The book summarizes my experiences in drawing trees. The majority of drawings are deciduous trees, but there is also an explanations about pine tree drwaing and spruce.
Link to the book How to draw a tree There is a full preview available.
Books about drawing trees - My favorite recommendations
Tree drawings of the other kind !
A drawing tree
- Inhabitat TREE DRAWINGS! Tim Knowles Arbor Interpretations
- Tree drawings by Tim Knowles featured on Inhabitat
- Tim Knowles website
- Tim Knowles website :
Quote from the artists statement:
The exploration of Chance and Process is core to my artistic practice. Akin to scientific experimentation and investigation, the results of my projects [although operating within carefully developed controls and parameters] are unpredictable and outside my control. It is the wind, postmen, the motion of a vehicle, or players of a game that unwittingly determine the outcome. These drawings produced by the wind or in a vehicle, have a very unique and un-human quality and aesthetic. The viewer may try to decipher these varying marks, lines and patterns, in order to make certain conclusions, eg. the best courier, the weather conditions or the type of sport played.
"The pen moves across the earth: it no longer knows what will happen, and the hand that holds it has disappeared."
White Nights, by Paul Auster
Audible drawings by Werner Pfarr
- Awaiting a Drawing: Audible Drawings
- Listen to an artist while he is drawing ! A series of landscape drawings by Werner Pfarr,Nice
My relationship with trees
I have to admit that I have an intense connection to trees. When my parents moved from a big city to the countryside one of the most positive effects for us kids was the possibility to roam around in the fields and forests. Later I decided to study forestry,but the course of my life took another turn after the completion of the study and 2 years work in the administration.
Bert Dodsons great drawing books on Amazon
When it comes to drawing books Bert Dodson is my favorite. His first book "Keys to drawing" set an unbeaten standard from my point of view.
Visit Bert Dodson in his atelier artwork
Visit Bert Dodson in his atelier artwork
Historical tree drawings in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts
Learn from the old masters
The digital archivation of art collections is making great progress. Meantime there are quite a few excellent collections of drawings availble on the net. For example the complete sketchbooks of Turner are available from the website of the Tate Gallery,London.
This link collection contains some great tree drawings from the 19.th century or earlier in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, UK.
This link collection contains some great tree drawings from the 19.th century or earlier in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, UK.
Rural Landscapes
by editionha
Shop the other art at zazzle
- Olive tree trunk by Edward William Cooke, R.A. 1811 - 1880
- Collection of the ROYAL ACADEMY,UK,
Olive wood, Tivoli, 1846
pencil on off-white wove paper, 107 X 178 mm
Given by Miss Laura Cooke, 1881 and 17th December 1882
05/1082 - Watercolor sketch of a tree in a lane, early-mid 1880s by George Clausen
- Sir George Clausen, R.A. 1852 - 1944 'St Albans, October' (tree in a lane), early-mid 1880s watercolour on wove paper, 281 X 200 mm
This is a great litte piece, sponatneously thrown down - Landscape with Trees by J:W:Turner
- Berry Pomeroy Castle [Allen 58A], 1815? by J.W. Turner, an excellent example of a line drawing, that was executed as an etching.
Tree drawing tutorials
Online tutorials : How to draw a tree
I have crawled through numerous online tutorials and selected those which I found interesting.
Buy a tree card with my artwork:
Tree greeting - walking home at sundown by Edition Handdruck
- Tutorial by Diane Wright
- Diane Wright offers a tutorial which goes the classical way of life study to amazingly detailed work.
Her tutorial is also available as downloadable PDF-File-
(Link to the PDF File - Diane Wright - Tutorial) - DRAWING TREES ~ Drawing tips, hints and techniques
- A very professional tutorial by Mike Sibley with many illustrations how to draw a detailed, realistic tree in pencil.
- How To Draw Trees - Quickly & Easily
- Tutorial on www.how-to-draw-and-paint.com
Learning how to draw trees need not be difficult. Just follow the few simple steps described and you'll be drawing believable trees of all kinds that you never thought possible! - DRAWING TREE BARK part 1 - BALLPOINT PEN DRAWING TUTORIALS at Rural Route One
- DRAWING TREE - BALLPOINT PEN DRAWING TUTORIALS at Rural Route One by Vincent Whitehead...
That´s a cool one for those who look for very realistic drawing ! - To Draw a Tree
- A scientific slide show that has only indirect connection to our topic here. But it´s interesting to have a look at it,because it broadens the view.
I also remember that there was a MS-DOS command: tree.com :). - Guide to tree sketching by Claire Walke Leslie
- This is a remarkable 15 page tutorial with a very instructive method, which leaves room for your own exercises in pages in between.. quite cool.
- Manga Tutorials - How to Draw Trees
- Learn how to draw anime and manga style at MangaTutorials.com. Your one-stop-site for everything you need to know.
- HowStuffWorks "How to Draw a Woodland Trail"
- Draw a woodland trail and capture snowy footsteps in this wonderful winter landscape. Learn to draw this landscape, complete with snow-capped pines.
- How to draw a tree in sumi-e
- A three day lesson plan for 7th grade by Sue Lindemulder.
This is a cool lesson ! - Trees and Foliage, at 'FARP', Tutorials
- The Elfwood tutorials have a number of nice tree drawings showing typical characteristics of coniferous and decidous trees.
- How to Draw Trees Better: A Little Observation Goes a Long Way
- From oaks to pines and birch to cedar, this article will show you how to draw them all better with a little observation.
Some good advice on drawing.101suite - Drawing Trees: How To Draw A Tree
- This is a nice and handy tutorial by Hubpages author Wayne Tully.
Artists with a love for trees
Binder book of trees by editionha
Design a binder with zazzle
- Tree drawing in progress IX by `nimra on deviantART
- drawing in progress IX " The Simplicity of Silence " a drawing by Armin Mersmann. If you love photo realistic drawing this will blow your mind!
- Tamara Valdovino
- Tamara Valdovino is an artist in Chile who has a passion for trees of her home country. This is the link to her blog with lots of inspiring tree work.
- Trees of Chile by Tamara Valdovino
- Tree drawings of native trees of Chile by Tamara Valdovino
- Iris Osterman - Tree drawings
- Iris Osterman website , drawings
- New England Sketchbook 1: Drawings of the Forest- Drawing The Motmot
- Drawing The Motmot/Weblog
New England Sketchbook 1: Drawings of the Forest by Debby Cotter Kaspari - Debby Cotter Kaspari, Plein Air Pen and Ink Tropical Rainforest Drawings
- Another great sketchbook by Debby Cotter Kaspari Plein Air Pen and Ink Drawings from The Tropical Rainforest. "All of these drawings were done on-site, working directly with rapidiograph pens on ordinary bond paper. They are spontaneously composed and drawn with no pencil underdrawing..."
- Tekenen, daar teken ik voor.: bomen
- Tree drawings by Michael Albers on his drawing blog
- Tree Art - by Nina Kuriloff
- Nina Kuriloff has a weblog that is fully dedicated to trees. Rather than depicting realistic trees Nina Kuriloff explores the subject with fantasy and her own imagination
- Tree Drawing: Winter Wednesday and Observational Drawing (Gone Awry) | MamaStories
- I spotted this touching blog post by incident : Amie draws a tree in summer when it is winter... must read and see :).
- Vivien Blackburn Sketchbooks - trees
- Great portfolio of tree drawings by british artist Vivien Blackburn in different media and variations of "style" or better execution.
- 50 ways to draw atree -Susan Wolsborn
- 50 Ways to Draw a Tree, is a sketchbook page showing many ways to draw a tree
- A sketch in time: Acacia trees
- A great blog post by Cathy Gatland with colored tree sketches and a poem on the eternal dialog between trees an man
- Amy Talluto - Drawings
- Amy Talluto is an artist living in New York. She does amazing realistic graphite drawings of forests
- Art Borescenes
- A french site with wonderful drawings and painting of trees
Pear tree - ink drawing
Great examples of tree drawings on FLICKR
- Olive tree in John and Lizzie's garden. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- A massive realistic drawing of an olive tree. Pen and ink on paper.110x85cms.
- Olive tree
- Another very detailed study of a full olive tree
- Groote Constantia oak trees on Flickr
- Oak trees hold a special fascination for me, and as yet I have been unable to capture this on paper yet. (pencil drawin in Moleskine sketchbook)
- soft horizon on Flickr - Tree stem
- A fallen tree and bark rubble on the forest floor
- Olive tree in John and Lizzie's garden. Pen and ink
- Pen and ink on paper.110x85cms. Incredibly detailed drawing
Blog posts on tree drawings
- Antioch resident disarms and kills intruder with his own gun, police say
- News of the violence startled residents of the bucolic neighborhood nestled a block from Lone Tree Golf Course, lined by manicured lawns, shrubbery and a smattering of palm trees. As of late Tuesday, an accomplice had been arrested and a third suspect ...
- Behind Google's Valentine's Day 2012 Doodle
- Google has taken its doodles one step further for Valentine's Day 2012, but it's "Happy Tree Friends" director and animator, Michael Lipman, who is responsible for the animation set to Tony Bennett's "Cold, Cold Heart." Open up Google.com and the ...
- The comic book adventures of nature nerd Matthew Forsythe
- He recalls drawing muskoxen ? known to herd into outward-facing circles when threatened ? literally turning into circles. Now an adult, sipping tea in a Mile End café, he recounts the joke with a shy smile, shaking his head.
- Picture preview: Lucian Freud drawings
- "From childhood there were drawings of goblins and fairies, tables piled high and the pear tree outside the Freuds' holiday home on the Baltic island of Hiddensee," Feaver said. "Later came fantastical jeux d'espirit, sharp images of friends patient ...
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jimmyworldstar
Feb 1, 2012 @ 4:25 pm | delete
- I find the foliage the hardest part to depict. I think a good point to start out is with non accurate representations, at least in detail. If you get the general shape down, you can work your way up as you become more skilled.
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curious0927
Jan 22, 2012 @ 10:42 am | delete
- Great, Awesome! I too love to draw trees. It's been a while but this lens is inspiring me to get out my sketch pad! One of my favorite drawings from HS is long gone, done in Ink with "dots", I really loved it. It was a great exercise and I also learned how to "see" while drawing. Saving this lens for future Tree Drawing. You Have Been Blessed!
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- Nice lens here. Am taking a tour of top lenses. This is one of them. I like it.
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kathysart
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- This is such a BEAUTIFUL lens.. I just love it. It makes me want to find the nearest tree and draw it. Angel blessed lens.
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Exploring the city with a sketchbook
Between April 2006 and May 2007 I have worked on an exhibition project about the urban landscape of the city of Stuttgart,Germany.
I have selected more than 30 drawings for a book now available online at BLURB.
The first 15 pages show panoramic drawings together with the essay about the urban landscape and the experience of drawing such a complex subject. The following pages show two panoramic drawings per page without text.
I have selected more than 30 drawings for a book now available online at BLURB.
The first 15 pages show panoramic drawings together with the essay about the urban landscape and the experience of drawing such a complex subject. The following pages show two panoramic drawings per page without text.
Click on the image to start the preview on Blurb.com
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art print group of trees landscape by editionha
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- This is an introduction to drawing deciduous trees from life. Explanations how drawings of deciduous trees can be done with a pen or charcoal. There are no rules in drawing,every body can develop a very own way to draw a tree. If your looking for some inspirations or ideas have a loo
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- Sketching outdoors is a great activity and a rewarding hobby for everyone. This lens is for those how want to start sketching outdoors in the city or in rural landscape. What sketching gear would you need to have with you ? What kind of gear is suitale and what should the quality be like ?
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- This is the online version of a book that contains sketchbook drawings of an urban landscape (7X20 inch,double page size)done on site between April 2006 and May 2007 in the city of Stuttgart,Germany.
- Artist sketchbooks - little nothings turn into big somethings
- For decades artist sketchbooks have only been noticed by a limited specialist audience which got access to those precious resources mostly only after the death of the creator. Excerpts might have been published in print media, but mostly only at the price of damaging or destroying the sketchbooks.
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- draw people in a landscape
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- The self portrait somewhat of an adventure
- Why do people do self portraits ? Looking at my own self portraits delivers no answers to this question other than van Gogh did it and other famous artists too and none of my family members dares to sit for me ! NO that is not half of the truth !
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