Tree near Ladle Hill (December)

There's this tree on the downs. It's between The Beeches and Ladle Hill, and it's very striking.


I started to pay it serious attention when an acquaintance asked if I'd painted it yet (I hadn't - I still haven't, because this is a drawing). I felt slightly proprietal about it - it was "my" future subject - so I was quite interested when I saw a photographer directing her lens at it yesterday. We had a lovely chat on the hill and exchanged cards - she's got some splendid images on her site, http://www.pictureseverywhere.com/

This, however, is from one of my (rather poor, albeit vaguely atmospheric) photographs taken on a family walk last December.

Graphitint and Graphik Line Maker (Indian Ink) on Bristol Board, cropped from A4