Time has been short, so I've had to resort to my photo references again. This is drawn from a photo taken at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.
The distichous definition is from "Manual of the Trees of North America" by Charles Sprague Sargent, published by Dover Books (orginally published in 1905). I find his descriptions often have information I can't find anywhere else!
Our granddaughter Angela calls this the "bell-bottom" tree because of the way the trunk flares at the base!
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Beautiful, Elizabeth. On a walk yesterday I saw a tree with beautiful and interesting-to-draw bark, and wondered if taking a picture and drawing it later would work. Now I see that it can work beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kathy! I try to keep a few recent reference photos handy for stormy days or for those days when I only have a few minutes here or there. The great thing about a small sketchbook is that I can work in a relatively small space - at home, in the car, just about anywhere!
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