By Ted Kautzky
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29 THE WILLOWS When out sketching encounters often artist the country, the in the succession of strokes, to indicate the modeling of the thin branches. The graceful willow growing along creeks and river banks where the moist. soil is Or from the vantage point of a hilltop he can Of several the white the varieties, easily seen in the illustration and typical form. its of these strokes winds into the distance. it may counts for see rows of them, decorating a curving stream as lacy character of the branches is The be ac- texture shown below.
The modeled next with dry-brush right was painted trunks and branches. The shows a dark back- which are indicated a group in of light trees in shadow, created by use barn with a dark value, leaving a white paper pattern of foliage, tures were last illustration ground damp close-up of the birch to the in the technique de- strokes of the square-end brush, and scribed on page 19, except that in this the trunk and branches painted with a instance, I pointed sable brush. ment on the central group of hairs of It is a good practice in was careful to get the pig- the square-end brush, keeping the flank- painting light A colored trees to work the dark background around their forms, producing ing ones saturated with plain water.
In the third illustration, particular attention pine tree in foliage patterns. the main trunks were painted tree to the right with a round brush, and the tiny masses displays characteristic contrast of heavy of twigs at the top executed with dry- trunk and limbs with tiny sprouting brush strokes, with special attention to strokes. the the radial lines of each mass. Finally, a main form was created with a dark wash and while still wet, the edge of the brush was dragged along the high- very thin and light wash was used at lusion of the splayed form — so char- lighted side to produce the lighter value.