Trees are remarkably good at growing amongst rocks. It’s surprising that such a big plant can manage to thrive in such an inhospitable sort of place, but it seems that tree roots are very good at growing down through fissures in rocks and accessing underground…
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The beech tree is traditionally known as the “queen” of the Forest (oak being the “king”). It seems a fitting epithet: beech grows tall and elegant, with smooth, supple bark and a fabulously coloured wardrobe of leaf colour – from fresh spring greens, though strong…
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See also Kaolin-coated boards (1: small work) and Hampshire Open Studios. Three larger works made on Claybord, in both monochrome (black Indian Ink): … and in colour (Indian style pigment inks):
This is a hollow oak tree in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. While it isn’t one of the very special trees there that has been given a name and a sign bearing that name, it is very easy to spot from the path and it is, I…
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This very distinctive and characterful beech tree sits on the lip of a hollow in the hillside at Selborne, its triangular mass of exposed roots gracefully supporting it. I started to draw it on A3 paper but it didn’t feel right, so I switched to…
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The warm weather tempted me out again to Stubbington Down. This time, I climbed to the top (it’s very steep) and made my way round to the left so that I had a rather different view of Cannon Heath Down. The painting’s name, White Hill,…
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