This Weeks Drawing.....Autumn Oak Tree

Hello Lovelies,

on Tuesday evening I felt the need  to pick up my pencil and sketch out another idea for a drawing. This time the thing that inspired me was our weekend walk in the forest and this tree in particular.........

I thought it made a great subject for a drawing. It's so old these props help hold up it's branches......

 they are necessary but not pretty so I was keen to leave them out of my picture.

I also quickly decided to draw a simplified version of this lovely tree and to incorporate other details for added interest. This is my initial quick sketch.........

As usual I then did a neater drawing in my big sketch book and then went over most of the lines in fine pen..........

 I sat up till after midnight drawing away. This is what my picture looked like on Wednesday morning.

As you can see I decided to use Autumn colours for my picture....as I'm really loving all the glorious shades of gold, orange, red and brown that are beginning to appear here at the moment.
 All the glorious seasonal creativity I see in blogland  at the moment has been so inspiring too. THIS post and THIS one spring to mind.

So I added some cute woodland creatures...........

both in the tree and on the woodland floor.........

 I couldn't forget the Fungi either.

 I used google images for reference throughout this drawing, it's so useful to remind yourself what things really look like when you are drawing mostly from imagination.......like these Acorns and oak leaves......

And here is my finished coloured pencil drawing..........

I'm so pleased with how this one turned out. I just love all the Autumn colours and I'm very happy with how my tree looks. It may not be very like the tree that inspired it, but I think it does  looks friendly and interesting.

This was a much quicker picture to do than my Yarndale drawing. It's got less detail and I didn't spend as long pondering over every little thing . I finished it on Wednesday morning and it satisfied my urge to create somthing seasonal. Now I better get back to my blanket making :0)

Jacquie x

Looking at my picture again, I've just realised that I forgot to add Tom Tit.....
bother!