Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Tree Troll



The afternoon was gorgeous and me in my favorite place the woods. I was looking for peace and quite and a reason to paint. The red birds were going off, but I love them. After sitting for a while there he was....what I call a Tree Troll. To me they are gorgeous but you have to catch them when they start showing their colored bark. I caught him and he had to pose until I got done.
The patina [some people call lichen, I think] of his bark was just WOW!. I know my painting never does them justice but I keep trying and trying. Someday, God willing, I'll maybe have a happy accident in painting.
This oak tree allowed me my artistic license, which I use religiously. I'm not a botanist, horticulturalist, naturalist etc... wish I knew what they know. But I love all the things created on this planet and plan to paint as much of it as I can.
I used watercolor, ink line, and some gouache back in the studio. The woods is coming alive with color but I love what a rain will do to bark for a few days afterwards.
Some plants had green coming on, some fall colors still left with everything in between right now. I am getting better at identifying plants, trees etc.. But taking those books along, which I have in the past, and my paint equipment gets me bogged down. So forgive if I offend anyone by not knowing the species, subspecies and so forth. Maybe you can help by telling me what I painted. That is if I paint it well enough for you to recognize it. It'll be fun for all of us. Thanks

5 comments:

  1. Deep, dark and vibrant woods. Nevermind what the species is, it looks like you enjoyed doing this sketch.

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  2. I really love the colours in this! Reminds me of a Tolkien drawing somehow....

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  3. Thanks my friends. Yes indeed I am in my own little world enjoying all that God has made. Liz I am amazed at your statement because Tolkien is an art I studied for many enjoyable hours.

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  4. Who cares what kind of tree it is? It is gorgeous... I think we should just name it after you and call it a Holtman tree!

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  5. YEA YellowCatArt! You said, so shall it be, so is it now. Thanks, I feel really good now to have a tree of my own. What a family of friends. You guys are fun.........my kind of people. God bless all of you.

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