Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
Trees are kind of fascinating. They're forever changing and evolving. Every Spring they put energy into new leaves. Through the summer they are beautiful and green, proved shade, and make music in the breeze. They evolve into bright vibrant colors of yellows, oranges, and reds in the fall before dying back and going dormant in the winter. All of this, only to start all over in the spring. Isn't that a bit of magic?
I'm honestly not sure what the lure is for me to draw trees, but they're my favorite thing to draw. I've talked about my obsession with trees before. I feel called to draw them. I've drawn many trees in all shapes and sizes, and one of my trees is tattooed on a sweet soul's arm. You can read about that in my post Art, Not Tattoos.
If I say the trees talk to me does that make me sound weird? There's really something about adding the black silhouette of a tree onto a beautiful inky or watercolored background. I enjoy getting lost in the magic of creating each unique tree and watching it come to life.
Trees symbolize so many things - life, growth, strength, goodwill, and many other things through lore, legends, culture, and literature. The tree of knowledge. The tree of life. We often plant trees in remembrance of someone's life. The tree is even used in genealogy to represent all the branches of a family. Trees ground us and give us roots, they connect us with nature. Trees really are magical, don't you think?
If I say the trees talk to me does that make me sound weird? There's really something about adding the black silhouette of a tree onto a beautiful inky or watercolored background. I enjoy getting lost in the magic of creating each unique tree and watching it come to life.
Trees symbolize so many things - life, growth, strength, goodwill, and many other things through lore, legends, culture, and literature. The tree of knowledge. The tree of life. We often plant trees in remembrance of someone's life. The tree is even used in genealogy to represent all the branches of a family. Trees ground us and give us roots, they connect us with nature. Trees really are magical, don't you think?
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