So many leaves, no two alike. Everywhere we go I find leaves, some I draw, some I just look at. Leaves are such ephemeral things – the colours and patterns they hold don’t last, in a matter of hours they have changed, sometimes to more interesting and vivid colours and shapes, sometimes to fade, crumpling back to the earth in an endless cycle.
These were inspired by leaves collected on a single walk, a mix of varieties, in a range of states of decomposition. Green, living leaves are beautiful in their own way, but for a drawing it is the ones giving a final burst of energy that I enjoy.
In doing the drawing I have enhanced and exaggerated the colours and the forms, allowing the leaves a new life of a different kind altogether. They have become almost fleshy, solid and firm, floating on the page, unlike the delicate leaves that inspired them.
The support is yupo synthetic paper, 47 x 64 cm. The base drawing was in Liquid Pencil and the main drawing was in Caran D’Ache Luminance and Derwent Colourfast pencils.
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