Tag: nature
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Tree Speed Study
When rendering a landscape, you don’t always have the luxury of time. Sometimes broad strokes are not only necessary, but actively improve the overall effectiveness of your work. Getting too “pretty” and focusing on individual details can cost the entire illustration quality when time is limited. Furthermore, the client may read too much into a…
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Tree Texture Study
How do you draw a tree? You can start by thinking about the trunk. How does the tree hold itself up? Is it an erect, straight form, or a wide supportive base? Consider how the branches spread. Are leaves sparse, concentrated towards the end of the branches, or growing densely directly from the bark? What…
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Rock and Shrubs Study
Some fundamental elements of a landscape are also often ignored. To the typical viewer, it may not be obvious how shrubs and rocks dictate their route through a park or a forest, but it is immediately apparent when these elements are absent. Their layers soften the sides of buildings, and store rainwater in urban environments.…
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Water Green
A spot where dirtand cool water stir. Reeds spiral up,only to thin and grow old –bird-wings that flash gold,a whip to strike breeze aside. Water lies clean with eel grassunder the surfacestill as moss,if moss wereto boil when it rainedor cloud itselfwhen a fish flew by. Watching from afar,it is tempting to toss a sharp…
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