Aylestone Meadows, Winter Sunlight
Aylestone Meadows, pollarded willow, detail
I did this mixed media sketch in the leather sketchbook, it's smaller than the one on Watermarks (link at end of post) It didn't photograph or scan very well on the hand made paper so I've shown a detail above which shows the glowing colours.
The late afternoon sun glowed amber on the pollarded willows but the surrounding landscape was all cold pale blue greys and dried reeds and grasses. It was a very cold day.
Pollarded Willow, Aylestone Meadows, Vivien Blackburn
I'm planning to revisit this area over the course of the year, looking at it as the seasons and light change.I was sketching near these willows once when I saw a grass snake come swimming down towards me and come out just next to me through the reeds - he just slithered leisurely on his way, totally ignoring me.
There is a larger painting of the same trees on the Watermarks blog.
Do you revisit a place, studying it in different lights? Tina has written a good post on her interest in this on Watermarks today.
Comments
Tina mentioned that on our watermarks blog - and I think of Old Man Willow (a villain) in the The Hobbit!
They used to do this to use the new branches for basket making and fencing and stuff.
I think I must be the only person in the world who hasn't read or seen any Harry Potter films so the references sail over my head. :)
:>) you are missing out Jeanette! HP is really good!
Yes, the light changes everything and the scene becomes new again :>)