All Flat & Wide

These flat-crowned trees were a common sight during my recent safari experience. Other (to my eyes more normally proportioned) trees were more abundant, but because these flat trees tended to stand on their own they were much more noticeable.

In pictures of the African bush these trees often appear as silhouettes, so it seemed natural to try to draw one with a pen. I was very happy with the resulting pen sketch except that it looked a bit plain, so I decided to add a colour wash. To my relief the wash didn’t ruin the picture, although I think it could have been done better …