Adding some color

This is the house that is on the board as of a few minutes ago. This will be drawn two times in Prismacolor markers and pencils. They go fairly fast. But you have to think about them opposite of pen and ink. Meaning that pen and ink you draw from foreground to back and with color it is back to front. I'll have to look at my notes but I think she wants it done in 2 different seasons. and from 2 slightly different angles. That will be for the better.

The last house, as always took longer than I thought. Wow the tiny bricks were fun to draw, though I had to take numerous breaks and look away and get away. Didnt have to resort to running away though.

Back to the drawing board!
kim

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Tree is a tree is a tree

In celebration of mothers everywhere- for better or worse, I took the weekend off from the drawing board.
Instead I dropped in at our Troop campout, went for a walk and looked at trees and houses, and had KFC 2 times in one day. Im not sure if all grandmothers love the Colonel Sanders but my mom and mother-in-law both do. So we had it morning and night. I took pictures of every event, of course. Im always looking for the right light. I hit it lucky and took one very good picture of my brother-in-law.
On the walks in the neighborhood and in the nature reserve it is pictures of trees. One would think a tree is a tree is a tree but if you take the time to look -trees are facinating. Textures of bark and leaves, composition, shape of trunk, their relationship to their neighbors and on and on. I never noticed trees that much untill I had to draw them. Since they are usually infront of a house they have to be drawn first. Sometimes they are very close to the viewer and detail is what make a tree their tree. People really notice and have said that trees really add to the feeling that this is a custom drawn home complete with all the trees they loved or hated all those years. All in all people are proud of their lawns and their trees.

Back to the drawing board,
Kim

Here is what is on the drawing board now. Quite a few homes look "easy" at first glance but after you get into it you realize the layers of line and surface. What is infront of what, where do the lines go, where are the vanishing points, what would best represent texture and tone, what should I leave out or move.
In this case the flag pole was dead center once I had the sketch layed out. It is moved to the right about a 1/4 inch. Not a big deal and it is still in the middle but it isn't in the exact middle anymore. I did take out the birch in the front as I don't think that would add anything to the composition. Another challenge for me, always, is flags. I really give those allot of thought before any ink goes down. For such a small area I want the flow of the fabric without it looking over worked. Most importantly I want it to look natural.

These last couple weeks of spring I have been studying trees. I love observing the baby leaves. The structure of the tree is out in the open but not bare naked. The wide variety of greens makes me wonder why people don't drive around looking at spring foliage instead of fall. I like spring better and think the colors are the same level if not better than fall.

Back to the drawing board,
Kim

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