Trees and Seeds by Amanda Bates

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I like it! Can't easily do much drawing or painting just now because of arthritis in my perishing neck (which is why I'm up at 3.25am...) but it cheers me up to see something a bit different from a regular; I do like those muted but still lively greens - they capture the light of a particular time of day; could be early morning?

Posted by Robert Jones, Napa on Wed 08 Oct 03:27:48

Definitely not a sketch Amanda but a very accomplished drawing, I love the composition with the hog weed seed heads in the foreground and the line of trees in the distance. How long did it take you?

Posted by Christine Davies on Wed 08 Oct 08:00:39

Beautiful drawing.

Posted by Shirley May on Wed 08 Oct 08:16:41

I'm sorry to hear that you ar e suffering, Robert. The photographs that I used are a week old - I took a series last Wednesday walk - and it was probable about 10:15am on a lovely, bright October day. Christine - I don't know how long it took me, but I'm guessing 3 or 4 hours

Posted by Amanda Bates on Wed 08 Oct 17:07:35

I thought the seed heads might be cow parsley. No leaves visible in any of my pictures, so I don't know!

Posted by Amanda Bates on Wed 08 Oct 19:26:53

A super piece, Amanda. Beautifully executed.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Thu 09 Oct 14:26:21

Indeed. Very good. I have not done my drawing yet ....

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 11 Oct 09:04:24

Hang on Studio Wall

13/04/2015

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Definitely not a sketch. This is - appropriately, as it is The Big Draw month - a drawing for drawing's sake, quite an involved one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blog post: http://amanda-bates-artist.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/trees-and-seeds.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Details: Derwent Coloursoft & Drawing on A3 Canson Raven paper