Bonsai-like Pine sketch

More pencil work tonight.  I messed with doing a pencil sketch of a Bonsai-like Pine tree.  If you have ever been up to the timberline in any mountains you always see trees like this shaped by wind, sun and the blast of storm winds.

Lodge Pole Pine Study

Another small tree study done in pencil.  These are Lodge Pole Pines, which literally were used by the native americans to make poles for their teepee lodges.

Eastern White Pine Sketch

A simple pencil study of an Eastern White Pine.  I am trying to live by the motto from the German artist Adolph Menzel, "No Day without a line." or brush stroke.  A little bit every day.

Utah Desert Study

I worked on this Utah Desert Study.  This is not an original design, but I wanted to work on desert scenes.  I did the block-in months ago and was frustrated with it.  I dug it out tonight and worked on fixing it.  It is better now but it is still pushing me to be better at the color and values.

Summer Thundercloud study

Tonight's study is the start of a cloud study of Summer Thundercloud building over the hills.  I will need to add more color variations to the clouds to add dimension to the cloud structure.

Snowboard James

I worked on Snowboard James's hat, logo, face and googles to start getting it better refined and defined.  I still need to do some adjustments on the hoodie and hat but it has moved beyond the block-in stage.

Winter Tree Sketch

I have been working on this for the past two nights.  It is a pencil sketch of Aspen trees in winter time.  It is not an original sketch but something I am working on to develop skills.  I switch off between drawing and painting.