AusBonsai

si nice to see ya sketch's again. i have missed them. you always seem to pull something out of a tree.

Thanks heaps Si, I really appreciate your efforts in making these sketches. I will sharpen my pencil and pull out my sketch book.
You are right Antonio, I have not touched my sketch book since the Robert Stevens workshop in November. I do not draw well but will never get better if I dont try.

Regards Gerard

anttal63 wrote:si nice to see ya sketch's again. i have missed them. you always seem to pull something out of a tree.

Thanks for the kind comments Antonio! I really should draw more. I feel bad not contributing more here too. Last Year, PeterW had asked me to start a thread on how to sketch bonsai, and I had promised him that I will start soon. But I just haven't had the time. Maybe this will be the year.
Good day to you!
Cheers,
Si

twosdale wrote:Thanks heaps Si, I really appreciate your efforts in making these sketches. I will sharpen my pencil and pull out my sketch book.
You are right Antonio, I have not touched my sketch book since the Robert Stevens workshop in November. I do not draw well but will never get better if I dont try.

Regards Gerard

Hi Gerard, yes, you ought to make hundreds of sketches for this tree. There's a lot of possibilities here. Start now. One quick suggestion: do not use pencil. I recommend any cheap, fast, fine point pen, such as a Sharpie permanent marker. Good luck!
Cheers,
Si

Here's another pretty good option I think. A bit too conventional maybe. At this angle, you would need to lean the tree up a little, just a little , to hide the long curve, and you would need to bring that top branch forward by a lot, so that the apex would point forward. I could do a side view later if this is not clear.
Si