Due to the lousy weather I did 4 outside sketches of this tree experimenting with different mark making outdoors
And then did this larger study indoors in ink using a dipping pen with washes. I worked slower on this exercise as the windy, gnarled trunk lent itself to study. On reflection I feel that I could have perhaps continued the mark making up the trunk as it seems a bit flat to me now. I focused very much on the gnarled bits as I felt it expressed the character of the tree.
And then I did this one:
Looser, and I enjoyed playing with line and describing the textures. I hope I am not wrong in saying that this one is the more interesting work.
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