Formerly

I haven’t done one of these in quite a long time. Seeing the trees start to bud made me want to do another.

This picture was taken early last fall during one of my bike rides on the lovely Salt Creek bike trail.

I spent about ten minutes on the line drawing.

Tree #6
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Sign #6
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This tree picture was from last fall. I usually spend a fair amount of time on the line drawing, but I did this one in about five minutes.

Tree #5
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Sign #5
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It’s spring, and the trees are budding. This tree is a large maple behind our house.

Tree #4
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Sign #4
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Revisiting an infrequent feature, in an effort to combat the winter blahs. I didn’t perfectly represent the branch arrangements graphically, but I am happy enough with them to publish here.

Tree #3
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Sign #3
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Tree #2
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Sign #2
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Hi-di-ho,

I’m starting a new feature here.

One really positive thing about living where I do is that there are lots of older trees with interesting shapes. Perhaps it sounds odd, but I have often noticed the branch arrangements (for lack of a better word) on many of the trees in my neighborhood, and found them aesthetically pleasing.

Recently I went out for a walk and took some pictures of these trees.

I’ll be sporadically posting these pictures, along with very simple line drawings where I’ll attempt to capture the essence of the tree in a very simple style — I’m going for the simplicity one might find in a street sign.

Anyways, here’s the first tree/sign.

Tree #1
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Sign #1
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