It’s officially Spring, though you wouldn’t know it today with the horizontal snow, and the race is on for me to get back into the woods for some decent drawing days before the leaves break through.
I recently bought some Conté crayons and spent some time in the studio playing with them to see how I might use them in the woods. I was looking for some softness and delicacy to develop in my line drawings done directly from the tree. From a practical angle I was hoping that they would be the perfect combination of lovely smudginess when I need it and stability when I’m transporting the drawings across the fields.
Paper on board, ready to draw some ancient oaks after a drop of coffee…
Happily, some of my newest Conté drawings made it out of the woods and into Time around trees last month…
A selection of these drawings will be heading for the Buy Design Gallery when they’re framed and hopefully the wind will calm down enough for me to get a few more productive outdoor days soon.