Drawing I

Skyler Whipple "The Tree"

9x12" Graphite on Paper, 2022

  My idea is just a lonely dead tree that sits by some rock and rubble around it. I got this idea from me just drawing before dead trees I don't know how it started but it was the only thing I knew I could draw decently and it evolved as a simple trunk with branches that expand off each other and there was one time I sketched and the tree looked imperfect but more realistic to what a real tree would be like so I did that style instead. I have no inspirations for my tree. I started out my tracing my own sketch so I could maintain the shape I liked. I had to extend the branches though as this paper was bigger. After I did some renovations by erasing some confusing spaces so it would go with the background and you could see the branches clearer. Then i started lightly sketching a background and then i used a rag for blending and a blending stick to smooth it out. After I used a eraser and erased some clouds into the background too so it wouldn't look empty. I did the same process to the ground but instead of clouds I drew some lines from grass. I used a blender stick, blending rag, graphite pencil, and a eraser. There isn't any meaning to this really but thinking about it I could put some meaning into it by saying I feel as my imperfections came out as i drew the background but it looks good either way as trees always have imperfections in them which makes each tree unique. So even if it isn't perfect it doesn't mean it's bad. I want the audience to think that it's just a tree really but i feel like people could put a meaning to it if they tried hard enough. There's no symbolic imagery in this art piece. Nothing was ever very difficult for me but more time consuming as with the branches it was very easy though it took awhile. There was no struggles really to overcome. If I were to change something however I would make the ground lighter and fix my branches up even more. The art style I went for is realistic. I feel as this is unique because as i said before trees can always look different from another tree so even if someone were to try and copy me it would still have a bit of uniqueness because it wouldn't be exactly like mine. I really love how my clouds turned out and the trunk down to the ground as they like realistic to me.