View through - a charcoal drawing

 

During our short vacation in the Val Joly region we made some walks. 

This tree we saw in the Parc de L'Abbaye de Liessies when we were walking a hollow road. The trunk was open at the bottom and there was a small 'see through' that made me ask for a reference picture (my husband had the camera).

Back in our vacation home I used the reference for a charcoal drawing, making sure the opening in the tree trunk was left white (the white of the paper).

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Val Joly - a pencil drawing

 

Last week my husband and me were enjoying a short vacation in the North of France, at the reservoir of Val Joly. The first evening we were exploring the site where our vacation home was and we had a nice view over the lake. My husband made the reference picture for this drawing.

Using a watercolour card with rounded corners (as can be seen in the picture) I started with watercolour pencils, used water to 'awaken' the colours and added more layers of pencil for extra depth. The pencil layers above the washed pencil has more shades of green and blue than the base layer, adding details that were not there at first.

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.