This tree is another native of the Pacific Northwest. It is easily mistaken for a Douglas Fir from a distance because it also has drooping side branches, but on close inspection the cones and the needles are quite different.
My sweet husband used a pole pruner while standing on the garage roof to cut down these cones for me to draw. Why are the best ones always way up high??
This is just a quick little portrait/sketch. I couldn’t flatten out my sketchbook on the scanner so that’s why one side of the page is darker.
This blog is about my journey as a botanical artist--what I am learning, what inspires me and what I am currently drawing or painting. My desire is to continually hone my skills to better express my wonder and gratitude for the beauty of the creation around me in the Pacific Northwest (USA).
Guess what. I collect those pinecones, and I felt in the mood for sketching them a few times, but they seems so complicated to me that I never dared… and you did SO good! I’m impressed!
Elena (pelusa)
http://sketchbookdelapelusa.blogspot.com/
Beautiful! I really like the level of detail you used, and the colors are wonderful.
Elena, I am not entirely happy with the way these turned out but I figured out a way to set up the drawing too late to fix it. Next time I will make a grid of diamond shapes with the lines going diagonally. From there it should be just a matter of shading, as long as you get the diamonds about the right size. Worth a try anyway!
Thanks, Lynn!
Looks great Janene!
Gorgeous! Love the details on this one. And I really enjoyed looking at the study of values on the post prior to this one as well =)
These look great. I love the color and the detail.
Looks so complex! Wonderful details!
I collect pinecones, lol, and love drawing them too, this is really pretty!