At the side of my house a very old larch tree grows. Well grow, is perhaps stretching it, as its reached pretty much the end of its lifespan and has a lot of dead limbs, lichen and broken branches on it. Each time I go past it, I think its soon time to cut it down. But, its like an old dog who is sick and you think, `well let`s just wait another while and see how he gets on` then before you know it a year has passed and the dog and or tree are still there.I started this sketch this morning, standing in my dressing gown in the garden (there is a lot of benefits to being isolated) fighting off black fly and waiting for the coffee to brew. I will continue to wait and let this tree exist until it becomes dangerous or really starts falling apart. Meanwhile, I will capture this elderly statesman in his decline and glory and it will join the others for Vivien`s tree challenge.
6 comments:
I came here to comment on that lovely little stone construction you posted, and discovered you've done another drawing already! Lichen-covered larches do have a special appeal -- I hope you'll be drawing this one for a while yet -- a worthy candidate for the tree challenge.
A beautiful drawing Jeanette - you've reminded me to draw a big old eucalyptus tree in our garden before it gets the chop, as its been threatened with for a few years now.
great sketch and you've really caught that aged feel :>)
The rhythem of the background trees is really beautiful too! Lovely "character" sketch of the tree.
Forgot to say, Vivien will have the masses in on this challenge! I'm seeing links all over the place
you captured the old rough looking tree wonderfully :)
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