Mmm ... where should I begin? Well, this is my first 'online' picture of our beautiful campus :P. The day I came to the campus, I wished to sketch certain beautiful spots. Those spots always reminded me when I pass by them that I need to sketch them. The beautiful white benches were always inviting... but I always hesitated. Sometimes I was conscious about the movement of people around me, some other times unsure of my capability. And the other day, I came out of lab with my notebook, frustrated about the fact that my experiment is not working and started walking until I got tired. Then I sat on one of the beautiful benches. It was a beautiful afternoon, the cloudy weather, the cool breeze, bringing relief in the hot summer ... and I wanted to sit there for some more time. It was then I started sketching this. That moment gave me the courage to do what I could not do for almost 2 years!
I found that it was tougher to observe the patterns and depict it when watching it in real than when copying from a photograph. Many times, I was not sure how to sketch the details, for example the intricate folds of the trunks. Another thing I would like to point out is the branches shooting vertically upwards. This is not the only tree in the campus, there are many such trees whose branches shoot straight up! I could not stop admiring Nature. She has made things so intricate yet so simple.
I tried my best to maintain the perspective, although I need to improve at depths and many more aspects I do not know yet. While I was sketching, I needed to sit and complete it as I knew that if I leave it incomplete, I would never complete it again. There was a fight going on between the Perfectionist Me and the Impatient Me ... I kept sketching until the Impatient Me won :) It was like a treat to me :) . Now I am more confident of sketching on the spot :)
