Fry's Tree
Watercolor on Paper
About Painting
Fry’s Tree portrays a solitary, robust tree standing prominently in the center against a twilight or pre-dawn sky. Set in the Fry Family Park, of East Sparta Ohio. The leaves and branches creates a lace-like pattern against the sky, which shifts from a dark blue at the top to lighter hues near the horizon, indicating dusk or the approach of nightfall. There’s a sense of tranquility and solitude in this scene, as the tree stands alone in the quiet moments of transition between day and night.
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The tree it’s self is the lone tree that stands around a hiking trail bend at Fry Family Park, close to near my home. This is a trail and park I frequently hike and visit, as it’s the closest Stark Park to my home, in East Sparta Ohio. The photo I took that served as a reference was when I was hiking on winter, and caught the sky’s twilight as a background to the tree. Creating not only a spooky, but awe-inspiring effect. It was something I had to paint.
Artwork Process
Painted with a watercolor paint set, eventually adding some gouache in to the darker elements, on cold press wood pulp watercolor paper, that I had to tape down (and thus the white trim border). This painting took way longer than I wanted it too. It took many layers to get the right color and value. I had to mix in gouache with the watercolors to sometimes get the opaque I desired. I began to tire of working on it, so the progress stretched out. By the time I decided for forcefully wrap it up, I felt my skills have drastically improved and the base of the painting did not meet my standards.
Here is a visual overview of the process:
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