Having taught the oil painting course this morning I didn't have enough 'quality' energy to do a painting this afternoon but wanted to get out as it was a lovely day. This view is just down the road from us (in Surrey.)
I loved the sky and endeavoured to capture it in charcoal and conte pencil, it would have worked well in pastels too.
I drew the sky first, as it was changing but then I could draw the trees over the top.
I was facing directly into the sun so the view was 'contra jour' - it made the tree dark and silhouetted. I put the little trees in to give it scale and space.
Always good to sketch outside in nature. Nice feel :-)
ReplyDeleteTrees and sky, you can never go wrong! Simple but full.
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