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| Background Trees - Claudia Nice Watercolour & Ink Stillman & Birn Beta Series Sketchbook 11cm x 9cm (4.5" x 3.5") |
Distant and Background Trees are the sixth and seventh topic in the Tree Techniques chapter of Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor by Claudia Nice. It’s a few months since I’ve picked up Claudia’s book. An exercise from Liz Steel’s SketchingNow Watercolour on Location course inspired me to return. By chance, I’ve picked it up at almost the same point as I left off.
In an exercise about common landscape elements, Liz suggests studying how other artists paint and draw the subject. The first topic on the list is trees, providing the perfect opportunity to revisit Claudia's book.
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| Distant Trees - Claudia Nice Watercolour Stillman & Birn Beta Series Sketchbook 15cm x 14cm (6" x 5.5") |
I made some notes about Claudia’s treatment of distant and background trees and tried to copy a couple of her examples.
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| Middle Distance Trees - John Lovett Watercolour & Ink Stillman & Birn Beta Series Sketchbook 14cm x 11cm (5.5" x 4.5") |
I also looked at advice from John Lovett. I studied his suggestions about trees in Textures, Techniques & Special Effects for Watercolor and Getting Started and tried to copy some of his examples.
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| Tree - John Lovett Watercolour Stillman & Birn Beta Series Sketchbook 15cm x 14cm (6" x 5.5") |
I’m pleased to get back to Claudia’s book and intend to continue learning from her content.
