Oak in January

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A fine piece, right up my tree-trunk!

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Fri 12 Jan 11:06:51

A magnificent oak!

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 12 Jan 11:21:08

That is superb, Martin. Just love the detail of the oak and the subtle colours you have used.

Posted by David Stevens on Fri 12 Jan 11:50:33

What a great shape tree! And so well drawn Martin!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Fri 12 Jan 12:01:22

Very well observed Martin. Beautiful structure.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Fri 12 Jan 12:34:59

Love your subtle colours Martin. Interesting the palettes we choose....

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Fri 12 Jan 13:46:27

A great tree well drawn.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Fri 12 Jan 13:55:47

I really like the way you’ve created this Martin, has a feel of chilly winter about it.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Fri 12 Jan 14:24:37

Just so beautiful Martin!

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Fri 12 Jan 14:28:10

This is just wonderful Martin……not only the star of the painting but I love the way you have painted the background trees. They look like a plantation of closely growing firs with their dark and forbidding canopy and forest floor.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 12 Jan 14:45:39

Thanks for your kind responses everyone. I was first attracted to the bright green mosses on some of the branches and not others. The palette then developed itself drawn from the colours I could see but simplified and filtered artistically speaking. You are right about the background firs Fiona. There are more shrubs and small trees in the foreground which you have to peer through to see the oak but I left them out as they didn’t add anything to the image

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Fri 12 Jan 15:03:06

Superb picture Martin 🙂

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Fri 12 Jan 16:47:58

A very triumphant Oak if ever I saw one.

Posted by Chris Scott on Fri 12 Jan 16:49:14

Beautifully done Martin.

Posted by Denise Cat on Fri 12 Jan 17:15:32

Very good feeling of depth in this well drawn and painted tree. Nice texture also.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Fri 12 Jan 19:11:10

I love the depth of the tree against the muted background.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Fri 12 Jan 20:16:59

Oh my, what patience you have to so beautifully draw those limbs. Your choice of a soft, earthy "pink" to complement the green is perfect. I feel like kneeling before that majestic tree.

Posted by Lynne Brookfield on Fri 12 Jan 22:16:46

A magnificent Oak tree and it expresses vigour and stealth!

Posted by Angela Harrison on Sat 13 Jan 06:58:08

Thanks for having a look and commenting so positively. Very kind. It is a wonderful tree but easy to miss as it’s set back and behind a fence and younger trees etc. I always stop for a minute to say hello and admire

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Sat 13 Jan 09:04:05

A cracker Martin.

Posted by David Williams on Sat 13 Jan 09:08:40

Beautifully observed and painted.

Posted by Hilary Forbes on Sat 13 Jan 09:52:21

Thanks David and Hilary. Appreciate your input

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Sat 13 Jan 09:57:49

what a fantastic tree and really well painted Martin. Lovely palette and markings.

Posted by Brian Chadwick on Mon 15 Jan 20:35:04

Thanks very much Brian

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Wed 17 Jan 18:47:58

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Local oak I regularly pass walking George. En plein air sketch in carbon ink with Fude pen and completed in studio with watercolour. On Canson Moulin de Roy rough watercolour paper 40x30cm

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Martin S Taylor

I have been for creating things for over 45 years and love variety so I paint, sculpt, make stained glass and ceramics. I use watercolour, acrylic, pastel and ink in my paintings and work from models, plein air and from photos - which I take lots of especially now phone cameras are so good! My…

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