Tree roots - for a contest

 

After seeing the new colours launched in the Revival Collection I wanted to have at least three or four of them so I bought them.

A few months later the contest was announced and I wanted to join as soon as I saw the criteria. This is my second entry.

For this painting I have used only two colours and a reference picture I made over a year ago - but was not used yet.

Two years ago I used the time of my painting vacation to gain confidence and a bit of experience in painting these tree roots that show up above the sand paths in our nature and I have used the same method I used then.

So first a charcoal study - in this case two studies - to get the composition right.

I was not happy with the first study so I made a second one that looked better. This charcoal drawing was close by when I made the watercolour painting as my reference for the composition, the contrasts and the smaller shapes between the tree roots.

Of course the final painting is not an exact copy of the study but I never expected that to happen. Charcoal is not the finest material for drawing (no sharp points for more than one stroke) and I do have some nice small brushes for the finer paintwork - which I used of course.

The painting is submitted for the contest.

The information about the materials I have used, the size of the painting and both studies, their availability and my contact information in case you are interested in my original artworks can all be found in my Tumblr blog.