Tree / Bonsai drawings / sketches

[BobbyLane]

There's a lot of creativity on this page. if you can create images like this on paper this can most certainly be translated into tree design. i can do virts but no where near as good as some of these.

 

[BobbyLane]

this sketch was done by Will baddely who's also an amazing artist and it shows in the styling of his trees

this is the virt carried out to perfection by another amazing artist named Smithy

 

[Clorgan]

Thanks! Adobe Photoshop / illustrator is what I use but there is a subscription. Gimp and Krita are free programs that are apparently good substitutes. Have not use them myself though.

Autodesk sketchpad is a good free drawing software too!

Edit - seen someone already suggested this

I've been having a dabble using the Pen Up app on my samsung note - pretty cool as the phone comes with a pen too. Posted this in a thread of mine - plan for my juniper. I'm no artist but found that having a doodle is definitely helping to plan out the tree - be more creative with it and think about each bit of work that'll need to be done to get there

Loving everyone's art on here, cool thread

 

[keri-wms]

 

[Anthony]

hopeful pine design

 

[keri-wms]

Pen and wash....

 

[doctorater]

Pencil sketch I did for a recent juniper project. Haven't yet gotten around to finishing anything on the right side, lol.

 

[vp999]

Man..All of you guys are very talented.

 

[keri-wms]

Black brush pen, trying adding colour carcoal pencil instead of watercolour as the “wash”...

 

[keri-wms]

Last one - pastels plus charcoal pencil touch up

 

[Woocash]

Black brush pen, trying adding colour carcoal pencil instead of watercolour as the “wash”...

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Very atmospheric. Probably not what you’re going for but it reminds me of skeletal trees on a lava field.

 

[keri-wms]

Very atmospheric. Probably not what you’re going for but it reminds me of skeletal trees on a lava field.

Ta! I was thinking Japanese Cherry with flowers.....but the trunks are more Plumb so who knows.

 

[keri-wms]

Quink, water, a dip pen and a brush - I can live with these ingredients I reckon!

 

[Woocash]

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Quink, water, a dip pen and a brush - I can live with these ingredients I reckon!

This pleases me. I think Winnie The Pooh wouldn’t look out of place under this tree. Field Maple perhaps?

 

[DonovanC]

I found this old piece of wire while cleaning up one day and thought it would make a pretty awesome Literati.

 

[keri-wms]

 

[Clorgan]

Here's a little doodle.. I've been dabbling on off with digital drawing, it's fun

 

[Arlithrien]

I was moved the other day to draw some kind of whimsical elven fantasy tree. Inspiration came from a Harp/lyre and a musical note. The "strings" would be thread grafts that would feed into the canopy.