My first drawing in the year 2026!
The prompt 'fresh' in the Sketch A Day app had some photo inspiration with it and I picked the Eucalyptus branch to be my subject. Mostly because I have wanted to draw one of these branches for a long time but never had the opportunity.
In a floral arrangement I got for Christmas was a small branch and I used that one as my reference.
My plan was to draw the leaves only and the stem would be suggested by the shapes of the leaves. This works very well with this branch.
After my first layer of pencil I looked at the result and decided to stop drawing. The black of the paper is still visible and that adds to the atmosphere I wanted to achieve.
The 'experiments' in this drawing gave me the results I hoped for.
The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you are interested in my original artwork - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.
