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This month for the master class, we are doing landscapes. Our assignment was to find or take 3 landscape photos and distill them down and change the arrangement and create 3 sketches. Above is a photo looking up at the cathedral grove of Redwoods in John Muir park in CA.
This is a photo of a stand of Aspens that I took at Black Butte Ranch in Central Oregon.
And these are Joshua Trees taken in Southern CA in Joshua Tree National Park. (I love trees.)
Here are my sketches which still need to be tweaked.
E liked all of them. She usually points me in a direction, but this time, she left if up to me to chose. Lisa and Clay think I should try the Redwood piece. The sketch is very unfinished because drawing all those branches and needles – couldn’t do that. If I do this one, I am thinking of doing the confetti technique where small pieces of fabric are captured under tulle and stitched.
Do you have an opinion? Let me know.
Lisa had a “moment” on NBC nightly news last night. She was interviewed about the coloring books she designs for adults. They posted the whole taped segment with her on their facebook page. Click here to watch.
I love adult coloring books. I have several from the Dover and Mindware publishers. It is a great way to experiment with color and get new graphic ideas. I will be on the look out for Lisa’s books.
I loved Lisa’s interview and can’t wait to get my own coloring book. I love trees. One of the first thing guest comment on when visiting is all the trees we’ve planted. It’s kind of an oddity here in the desert. I have been fascinated with the view up through the redwoods for years and that would be a challenge. The birches are always a favorite and I’ve never seen a Joshua tree, so that would be interesting also. I guess the best way to make up your mind is on how much you want to challenge yourself. Not a lot of help, am I? LOL!