Stormy weather here and the large Monterey Pine cones from the huge tree at Heddons Mouth are scattered on the ground - they can stay attached to the tree for over 30 years which is quite remarkable! The intricate overlapping spiral patterns in the cone (which follow the Fibonacci series) are difficult to count and tricky to draw, because it's just so easy to lose sight of where you are on the clockwise spiral and then having to continually cross check that you are still in line with the counter clockwise spiral. 1-1-2-3-5-8-13...Phew!
Here are the colours from these cones.
pencil sketch and wash...
first ink outlines...
...from my seasonal colour sample notebook.
Here are the colours from these cones.
first ink outlines...
...from my seasonal colour sample notebook.
