Wednesday 23 June 2010

A Scottish Tree


I do like to draw trees and I couldn't resist this one.  It's real and lives up in Scotland, Anne from Frayed at the Edge took the original photograph and kindly let me use it as a reference.  This tree looks like a person and even has little birds nesting in the holes. so it must be a kind tree!  I am hoping to do something else with it, possibly bigger and in ink, this is in pen and coloured pencil.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Cathy, this is FABULOUS!! Thank you for creating something so lovely from my photo. Love, Anne

Shalini said...

Your tree is lovely!

Dan Kent said...

I love this tree! Personality plus! Like something from a story book. I also love how well you portrayed all the twists and turns and used the splashes of color!

Alex said...

I could see why this is such an interesting subject, it's got something that draws people's attention to it.
It's so beautifully rendered, and I love the background as well! Your blog is constantly setting new heights ^^

Aurileide Alves said...

Great. Liked the spooky form of it. Reminds me of an old tree close to my room when I was a little girl. It always haunted me with the shadows at night. This one, green, sketched, so normal, was a relief! :)

Unknown said...

WOW! What a tree! And what a great job you did on it!

Sandra said...

Super drawing.Such depth.

Janene said...

Fantastic--the colors, the depth, the "friendliness", the subtle background--everything!

Tinky said...

This is really stunning, Cathy.

nanke's stuff said...

It really does look like it belongs in a story book. It's so interesting and curious. nancy

Unknown said...

I love this tree! And the roots below too! Your colors are so lovely, and the tree just makes me happy when I look at it! Very nice!

Gillian Mowbray said...

You're really on a roll with these trees. I so love your soft and thoughtful style. Perfect! x

Anonymous said...

It does look like a person! Beautiful sketch.

Sarah said...

That is a lovely drawing of Anne's tree!

Ann said...

Trees are fascinating - especially when they look like this! Beautiful drawing!

Christie said...

Great tree, and so well depicted. Such character deserves to be drawn!

AtelierBrigitte said...

This looks fabulous!