Saturday, April 28, 2012

Tree #96

As you can see, I'm having trouble getting the sketchbook
to lie flat enough on the scanner plate. This is the south
side of the yard with one of the Silver Maples, with the
English Ivy-covered trunk, in the foreground. I spent about an
hour clearing tall weeds, some very prickly, out of this area
and my arms are all scratched. The ground is covered by the
same English Ivy that grows up the trunk of the tree. 4-28-12

Trees #91–95

 This is an old crooked Elm in the backyard with
sprouts near the base. 4-18-12

This is just playing around—I made it up. 4-20-12

 This is a "white-line print" done in a big hurry in the second
session of the Block Printing Workshop. It was close to
the end of the session, and so I was just slinging paint
on as fast as I could, so I could do a printing before
the end of the class. This is based on a memories
of Wall Park Lake and Lakeside Park Lake. 4-21-12.

 This is the base of one of our Silver Maples in the backyard.
It has a several branches coming out of the base, but
I like the leafy-ness in front of the back wall of the yard. 4-22-12
This is that same knarled Crabapple tree in the
backyard, but looking at a different angle. 4-25-12

Monday, April 23, 2012

Trees #86–90

 An elm in our backyard. 4-11-12

 Silver Maple trees and (?)-tree along the
back fence in our yard. 4-13-12

 This is a collagraph print I made in a
Block Printing workshop, sponsored by the
Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson, Inc. 4-14-12

Another tree in the back yard as seen
from our upstairs window.  4-16-12

One of the Holly trees in our backyard. 4-17-12

Trees #82–85

 This is certainly not in our part of Kansas... This tree
was outside of our hotel in Escondido, CA. I just had
a few moments to try to "get" it. ...probably first time
I have sketched in public. 3-30-12

 These potted palms were outside the lobby window of
our hotel in Escondido. A couch with cusions inside are
in the foreground. 4-1-12

This Sliver Maple is back at home, in the backyard. Small
branches growing down at the base of the trunk. Things got
a little crazy trying to catch up at work after our trip,
so I missed sketching some days. Maybe, I'll be able to
make it up, or my year-2012 will be have to
have more than 366 days... 4-8-12

Our Japanese Maple in the backyard. At least I think it is
a Japanese Maple. Deep reddish leaves. 4-9-12