Last week I talked about two of my favorite trees, a shining white sycamore and a mysterious cottonwood (though, honestly, I'm not really sure it is a cottonwood). I didn't have many photos and no drawings of them. So after spending time thinking about them, I headed out for a visit. This sycamore is magnificent in the winter, when there are no distractions from it's form and brilliant bark. This one is more like a fortress. You can see a large bowl shaped hollow inside, but it's completely surrounded by thick trunks. The only way inside is to climb. It's easy to imagine creatures of all sorts making their homes in all the secret crevices, coming to life as the light fades and the people head home. These were a few of the photos and sketches from the trip. In both what is most obvious is how hard it is to capture the size and gravitas of these trees. I was most successful when I focused on the details.
2/7/2015 03:14:14 am
I love the sketch page with all the little design ideas and I really like the last photo of the gnarly old tree.
esolomon
2/7/2015 12:34:35 pm
It's one of the things I love about that tree. So many odd shapes and spaces. It's grand. Glad I could pass it along. Comments are closed.
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