Sunday, March 4, 2012

Sunday Sketches

Every morning when I look out the window of the sliding glass door near my bed, I see an out of focus version of a forest of trees (without my glasses). The sky holes between the branches look like sparkling gems, the needles of the cedar trees are various size blobs of green, and the tall tree trunks look ominous.

I attempted to put this vision on paper starting first with quick brush strokes of watercolor. Everything ran together and there was no definition of shapes, so I decided the tree and branches would have inked outlines. Lastly, I got the sponge out to give the green blogs texture.

It does NOT look like my vision, but I had fun doing it.

9 comments:

  1. Hi Joanne, love this painting and your vision sounds wonderful too. :)

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  2. Nothing ever comes out the way you see it in your head--at least it never does for me. But that doesn't mean the end result can't be good. I say nice job capturing a small piece of nature.

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  3. beautiful, looks like lovely green leaves and vines.

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  4. Joanne ~ well done ~ the muse tends to take us elsewhere sometimes ~ this is lovely ~ namaste, carol (A Creative Harbor) Happy SS ^_^

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  5. I love this! Makes me feel like I'm sitting in the treetops.

    xox

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  6. Well, most of my pieces never turn out as I envision. hahaha BUt seriously, it's OK sometimes. Having fun is good once awhile, yes?

    Either or, I like it and your works always encourage and challange me to push myself. :) Hugs

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  7. oooh, so much fun...the world is blurry for me too when i wake up....
    i love that you painted it for us! lots of beauty in your blur!

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  8. My world is extremely blurry without my glasses and I often lie in bed and watch the shadows and movement of the trees in the mornings... find it very relaxing way to start the day... I like your interpretation but am thinking your eye sight may be much better than mine, because mine would be way more blurry... love it xx

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  9. You have done so well here, I don't have much luck if there is more than one tree in the picture. I admire this very much ...well done.
    xx

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