The Week in Review
This is all I did last week because I was so busy with school. Unfortunately, I don’t think this week’s schedule will be any easier. Last Thursday I got a chance to go to Jerry’s Artarama and I got some new art supplies though, which is really exciting. I got the pitt artist’s pens in sanguine and Neocolor II watersoluble crayons. I haven’t got a chance to do anything big with the crayons yet but I did get a chance to use the pens (see examples below). I really miss sitting down to draw something more complex—I hope to get a chance to do it soon.
On Wednesday it was snowing in the morning. I was at school and I sat inside and sketched this tree with ballpoint just to kill some time before class.
This was my first attempt using my new pitt artist’s pens in sanguine. I was at the Rainforest Cafe with Jeet and I made a point to try out each different pen.
On Friday my Spanish teacher canceled class and I had an extra hour to kill so I sat and drew this tree. Trees seem to be one of my favorite themes these days mostly because they are one of the only interesting and convenient things for me to draw at school.
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I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
~Joyce Kilmer, “Trees,” 1914
If you can draw trees as beautifully as you do, I hope they stay on as one of your favorite themes. Kudos!