Thursday 21 January 2010




Course work: Continued work on the drawing of a flowering plant. I have a long way yet to go.



Reading:



Daniel M. Mendelowitz and Duane Wakeham A Guide to Drawing (Fifth Edition)

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1995

Pp 80-103



Personal Sketchbook work: A sketch of an American red cedar tree in a growth spurt: the odd-looking outgrowths typically appear when favorable growing conditions return after a long period of unfavorable conditions. If all goes well, the tree will “fill in” about the outgrowths and resume a generally conical shape for several more years before developing a more mature branching pattern. This tree is about 20 feet (about six meters) and should have a mature size of 40-50 feet (12-15 meters).

Total time: 2 hours 47 minutes