first sketch

Another local scene.  It was the dappled sunlight on the beech tree which caught my eye during a walk through the woods.

I went back to sketch the tree without the dappled sunlight - so I could understand the shape and structure of it.

I redrew the tree onto a board primed with acrylic gesso, and waited for the next sunny morning.

The sunshine was intermittent, which meant having to work quickly.

My main aim in the first session was to establish the form of the tree in relation to its surroundings, and to capture the pattern of sunlight.

first oil session

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