Tag Archives: texture
Meditation Series: (8/8) Tree Bark Textures, LA (2024)
I like this thick bark. My photo app has no idea what tree it is. I think it is probably some kind of pine tree, but I have to go back and look to see if it has leaves or needles. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic […]
Meditation Series: (7/8) Tree Bark Textures, LA (2024)
My photo app says this is a Callery Pear tree. I like that each little chunk of bark is like a topographic map with nesting elevations. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at: https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com
Meditation Series: (1/8) Tree Bark Textures, LA (2024)
Growing up back east, I never encountered a tree that had thorns on its bark. Out here in LA, I found just such a tree in my neighborhood. It is called a Ceiba, or Silk Floss Tree (according to my photo app). It is native to Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The thorns […]
Sketch Book Series: Blue Car (July 2010)
I used this particular parking lot quite a bit (both for parking and sketching). I spent what seemed like hours on the leafy hedge, at first trying to render each leaf, later settling for overall texture. The trees, far and near, were also a challenge. My cars come out cartoony, but I like them. I […]
Sketch Book Series: Cone Texture (June 2010)
The negative space between the pine cone seeds (at the base of the top pine cone) helped to give it a realistic rendering. The lower, (incomplete) sketch shows the pine cone’s hexagonal structure.
Sketch Book Series: Texture Study (June 2010)
Sketch Book Series: Blanket Texture (with Notes)(October 2010)
The trouble with inking with small dots is the large number of dots required for dark areas. Even though this sketch was 3×5″, making the dots was tiresome.
Sketch Book Series: Tree Trunk (September 2010)
With this pen and ink sketch, I was trying to replicate the textures I saw in a tree trunk.
Sketch Book Series: Texture and Shadows (August 2010)
I didn’t quite get the texture of the wood, except for reproducing the lines of the grain. There is more texture in the shadowy part of the sketch, but it didn’t quite portray the overlap of the fence boards. More practice sketches should help improve the impression of texture and shadows.
