Thursday, February 09, 2006

Yet More Leaves...

Here are two more fallen oak leaves. The very contorted leaf on top is done in pencil – my preferred method of making marks on paper – because you can erase ‘em! On the lower leaf, I played with pen stippling. I have to work very carefully in pen from right to left because I’m left handed – and that danged left hand wants to smudge everything in its path!

Nature Journal Sketch: Contorted Leaf

Nature Journal Sketch: Stippled Leaf

4 comments:

Frances said...

wow the stippled leaf is amazing, is it hand drawn or done in a programme like photoshop, knowing you Conni I expect it is hand drawn, imagine it in beads or french knots, love the line drawing too,

Frances said...

ok sorry I was so excited by the drawings I did not read first but I guessed right you have hand drawn the stippled leaf, wonderful,

Micki said...

Hey, what do you know, we are both lefties. Your drawings look great.

Conni said...

Thanks, Micki. Another southpaw, yay! Ironically, I can only use scissors with my right hand – can’t use left handed scissors at all.