07/03/2025
Another gouache sketch in my tree sketchbook.
This is a tree that I regularly pass on my daily dog walks.
I caught a moment with my camera when the evening light hitting the tree and decided to try it with paint.
I dont think I captured the warm tones at all, but I do think you get a feeling of the directional strength of the light and the breezy atmosphere.
With these sketches, I want to practice capturing colour and light specifically. Trees are a great subject for this because they have a lot of angles and wrinkles that collect shadows and highlights, and they all live in varied colourful landscapes, which I am excited to include as well. Also, I'm not going do construction sketches for each painting, I'm just going to jump straight in with paint, this way I'm hoping to boost my confidence building a composition with paint marks.
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