tree

For these Grahams Up the Tree drawings I used a Pilot Custom 823 with FA nib. This pen is legendary. It has a very soft nib and a giant vacuum filled tank of ink so you can write and draw for days.

The nearby pine tree has dropped quite a few pine cones, all in different states of decay. I enjoy looking at the different shapes, sizes and colours of each cone, each with its unknown story.

I was working on nighttime or dark themes and trying to get more contrast than the last piece I made. I wanted to also work on atmospheric perspective and depth with the clouds. Overall, I am pretty happy with the outcome. This is from a reference picture my husband took from our backyard. Painted with Rebelle 6 Pro.

It's hot. No air in school, so we took to the shade and drew trees. I drew students drawing trees.

What's in front of me. I had to use more than one color because it just didn't feel right only brown, or only green.

Character painted at a graffiti jam in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Looking out at that crazy Graham up in the tree!

"Billy gets there last, wiggles up a spot..." from the Graham's Up the Tree book. I grew to love these kids after drawing them so much. They sort of became real to me.

This was my first drawing for the Graham's Up the Tree book. I used my most trusted pen: Metal Pilot Falcon, Soft Extra Fine.

The Tree of Unspeakable Goodness - Moleskine sketch/painting

Gnarly Tree

Lindsey's prompt: Pine tree

This is a simple watercolor and pen drawing of a witch hazel tree in winter bloom with an owl perched on top. I love the witch hazel shrub and am thinking of creating a picture book showcasing the plant throughout the seasons.

This old tree has no advice for you.

Graham's Up the Tree! ("and there's nowhere else he can go!") - my 4 year old ran around the house for weeks misquoting the story with his own interpretation of an Australian accent. Calling it out over, and over, and over again.

Lindsey's prompt: Yucca Tree

where the sky is white, all else is blue

I had fun playing with some new markers last night.

The kids jump, and call, and send koo wees up to the koo wee sky! When I draw happy characters like this I find myself smiling and I don't even realize it. I hope that happiness comes through in the art. - From "Graham's Up the Tree"

So Mum goes for the phone and these guys slip out the door to see what Graham is doing up in the tree... I can't believe they'd just leave their food behind like that. I mean... look at it. Mmm.

Two pairs of pears from the backyard tree. Curious to see these age in the coming weeks.

AI-edited take on a tree with branches.

Lindsey's prompt: Christmas Tree

Shot of a New York street.

Photograph of a tree in Winter.