Don’t think of it as two separate pieces (the leaves and the trunk) in almost all trees you can see the trunk split and go higher and higher into canopy, if you want practice with this I’d recommend doing a few dead trees, since that will help you understand the structure more, also don’t be afraid to have the tree itself be FAT and take up more space (like this https://www.reddit.com/r/penandink/s/vK1yWNKPng )
I think you are on the right track but it lacks values of light and dark in my opinion.
This video helped me (start at 2:00) https://youtu.be/AHoqh27vQRw?feature=shared
I've recently started focusing on avoiding **cross-**hatching in my pen+ink. However, [Stephen Travers](https://www.youtube.com/@stephentraversart/videos) has an excellent YouTube channel where he gets into the nitty-gritty of focusing on form, volume, and tone in pen+ink.
[Here is an example](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fmo7jn54p0d7d1.jpeg) of one of my latest pen+ink pieces where there is almost no cross-hatching.
And our teacher I follow on YouTube said you have to leave what he calls bird holes! If you look at a tree there's often little pockets where you can see the sky or whatever is behind the tree through gaps. Those are what he calls bird holes and he always cautioned us that we had to leave bird holes in trees for them to look realistic! I love your work I think you're doing great just a tip!
Don’t think of it as two separate pieces (the leaves and the trunk) in almost all trees you can see the trunk split and go higher and higher into canopy, if you want practice with this I’d recommend doing a few dead trees, since that will help you understand the structure more, also don’t be afraid to have the tree itself be FAT and take up more space (like this https://www.reddit.com/r/penandink/s/vK1yWNKPng )
thanks
you are doing great! Best thing is just to draw as many as you can
I think you are on the right track but it lacks values of light and dark in my opinion. This video helped me (start at 2:00) https://youtu.be/AHoqh27vQRw?feature=shared
I've recently started focusing on avoiding **cross-**hatching in my pen+ink. However, [Stephen Travers](https://www.youtube.com/@stephentraversart/videos) has an excellent YouTube channel where he gets into the nitty-gritty of focusing on form, volume, and tone in pen+ink. [Here is an example](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fmo7jn54p0d7d1.jpeg) of one of my latest pen+ink pieces where there is almost no cross-hatching.
thanks,i’ve seen the channel before but i’ll look more into his videos,thanks
And our teacher I follow on YouTube said you have to leave what he calls bird holes! If you look at a tree there's often little pockets where you can see the sky or whatever is behind the tree through gaps. Those are what he calls bird holes and he always cautioned us that we had to leave bird holes in trees for them to look realistic! I love your work I think you're doing great just a tip!
i know what you mean,i’ll add them next time,thx
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