Tree Branches

These three drawings combine transparent watercolor with color pencils or graphite. The references are views into the canopy of a certain valley oak. They remind me of embroideries. Each one is on a 30 x 22 sheet of watercolor paper framed with basswood and plexiglass. You can see them in person at Lofi Wines in Los Alamos, California. I made the top two before leaving Santa Ynez for Buellton in 2010. The last one is from 2019. I look forward to making more of these because valley oaks have the most remarkable serpentine branches. In the spring when the leaves are still small you can really make a study of them.