{"id":30479,"date":"2017-04-21T16:18:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T23:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=30479"},"modified":"2017-04-21T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T23:21:38","slug":"bernies-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/21\/bernies-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie’s tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Acrylic on board, 9×12″.<\/p>\n

Well, not really Bernie’s tree. I was trying to figure out how Bernie Fuchs<\/a> did that amazing thing with light through tree branches. I didn’t quite figure it out — but I was pleased to get closer than I expected. I like that blazing sunset, too, even though it lost something in the scan.<\/p>\n

Here’s the illustration I was working from, in the children’s book Ride Like the Wind<\/em>, which Fuchs wrote, as well as illustrated. I wasn’t trying to copy the tree. I was trying to copy the technique<\/em> as near as I could (while leaving out the horse’s butt).<\/p>\n

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I actually like the impossible shape of my tree better than his, but next time I’ll begin having already learned a few things. It would also help to have canvas and the right type of paint. But even without them I’ll do better the second time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acrylic on board, 9×12″. Well, not really Bernie’s tree. I was trying to figure out how Bernie Fuchs did that amazing thing with light through tree branches. I didn’t quite figure it out — but I was pleased to get closer than I expected. I like that blazing sunset, too, even though it lost something in the scan. Here’s the illustration I was working from, in the children’s book Ride Like the Wind, which Fuchs wrote, as well as illustrated. I wasn’t trying to copy the tree. I was trying to copy the technique as near as I could (while…<\/p>\n

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