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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Wishing Tree

Wishing Tree
5.5 x 7.5 inches
colored pencil on Rising Museum Board
©Ann Thompson Nemcosky
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Here's my most recent landscape on Rising Museum Board. I am really liking this surface. With this one I wanted to see if I could keep the color softer and more muted, in order to make the tree appear a little mysterious or magical. So I did a grisaille using warm grays before adding color. It may just be my imagination, but doing a grisaille first that is addressing only the values in an image does seem to speed up the process a bit. At least it's a method I am enjoying and I think the result ties the color together better. The image comes from a beautiful old live oak at the Outer Banks, NC, beside the old Whalehead Club house.
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9 comments:

  1. winnaApril 28, 2009 at 8:13 PM

    BEAUTIFUL JOB!!!

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  2. CarolynApril 28, 2009 at 10:12 PM

    This is so beautiful!

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  3. AlexApril 28, 2009 at 11:26 PM

    Really nice details on the blades of grass and the tree trunk. As if you could almost feel the grooves and all.
    I've always like big old trees ^^ This could be potentially one of those trees people toss their shoes over, like I've seen many times on films :D

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  4. AnonymousApril 29, 2009 at 3:32 AM

    ohhhhhhhhhhh Ann.......this is so soft and lovely...definitly a magical tree! But instead of shoes, maybe different colored glass jars/bottles...or maybe just the way it is.......really nice!....deni.......;)

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  5. Jennifer RoseApril 29, 2009 at 5:40 AM

    no its not your imagination :) doing a grisaille cuts down so much time its not even funny :) It is so much easier to colour areas when the values are already there

    this is a really nice looking tree. Great bark texture and it does have a very soft but bright look to it :)

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  6. MILLYApril 29, 2009 at 7:28 AM

    I do like your colours, lots of great detail in this tree.

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  7. TeresaApril 29, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    Ann, this is flat out GORGEOUS!! I love the soft, muted colors. Haven't tried using a grisaille underpainting yet... but perhaps I should!

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  8. Mary TimmeApril 29, 2009 at 5:44 PM

    I really like this one Ann, it whispers to the viewer.

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  9. AnnApril 30, 2009 at 2:15 PM

    Thanks!
    Mary - that is just what I was after! You said it so well.

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