Posted May 21, 2022 by Sheri Edwards art

MayDoodle Mountain Ash

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May Doodle

My CLmooc friends doodle every day.

Today on our walk I snapped a couple pictures of the lovely mountain ash in the park, which is in full bloom. I wrote a couplet for my daily poem, and also decided to somehow paint a picture of the blooming tree.

Here are my reference photos I took of the tree in Cole Park.

I started out thinking it would be a contour drawing again, but there are too many lines already, so I attempted to capture it with color, texture, shading, and overall watercolor paper layer.

Brushes:

Outline: technical pen
Color: Fill from reference layer— except for the white flowers, which are dry ink
Shading/Texture: I adapted the dry ink brush— increased the shape spacing and jitter just a bit.
Background Texture: Jennifer’s “big cloud” brush
Overall Canvas Texture: Jennifer’s watercolor paper

See links to mentioned artists here: Artist Resources

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