Back To Winter

It's been a while since I last updated due to having a lot of other work to do since October.  It's been worth the break.  Sometimes leaving your art work and then return later on gives perspective and ideas about what direction to take future art.

The skyline of bare trees is fully achieved by the start of December.  The autumn leaves are gone and instead there are bare branches and often grey skies that are only temporarily cheered up by the Christmas lights.  Many people see the bareness of winter that starts in the festive season as sad and depressing.  I find that this time of year allows me to see shapes and patterns that are completely covered in the warmer months.  There is a beauty in the bareness if one takes the time to notice.  I mentioned this in previous posts, however I'll say it again, it is worth taking time away from ordinary cares in life to spend a moment looking around us rather than fixating on phones, etc.

This drawing focusses on the familiar bareness of trees in winter complete with abandoned bird's nest. Drawing these trees can be 'involving' due to the way the branches intertwine and spread out like a road map.

Back To Winter, pen drawing A4 (2016)