Monday, August 31, 2015

It started with an apple

So what happened was, we brought home a big bag of apples
picked from our friend's trees. Some of them were really gnarly, and many still had a piece of branch and their leaves attached.


I couldn't help but want to draw. I got really interested in the leaves as they still had some energy, but were getting a little crispy.

I was using a pretty soft pencil. It was soft and dark and I think that I probably would do better with another as it would take longer to look like I did too much.

I made about a dozen sketches 'til I got one that I wanted to paint. I was working at my table and when I was finished, the afternoon sun was peeking through the trees, making shadows on my painting. So I took a photo.

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