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Trunk of a dead tree – woody debris
Woody debris has become a subject of interest for me during lasts years forest studies (Waldtagebuch=Forest diary). It is a fascinating microcosmos of immmense importance for biologic diversity and...
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Forest diary continued – coarse woody debris
I picked up the big gouache sketchbook today to continue with the forest diary I had not touched since March. There was this total November stillness in the woods that I like so much. Even the jays...
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More snow in the forest diary
There has been more snow during this week. Now there is a 15-20 cm thick white cover, but today temperatures went up and rain is the forecast for tonight. Tracks of wild boars and roe deers are...
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Forest diary – the last dead trunk session
As expected the snow had melted away since my last visit. Temperatures well above zero and some rain removed the white cover of last week almost entirely. While on my way through the woods on this...
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Trying to put it on postcards for a while
There is a new link on the blogroll named “Postcard from my walk“. This is a little project that some 14 people will participate in over the next 13 months. Each month we will try to put something...
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Woody debris, gouache forest sketch – barking roe deers
Buy this sketch as postcard on Zazzle I needed two sessions to complete this gouache sketch in the forest diary. It is the mating season for the roe deers. Today I heard a roebuck jumping through the...
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Forest diary sketching at a creek, topographical notes and history
Today I walked again to a place called “Graubrunnen” (grey fountain). It is a patch of some 50 acres of forest. There are a number of small creeks which fall dry in summer unless there is rain. But...
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Forest nature diary, forest clearing morning
Buy this sketch as postcard on Zazzle This sketch was done in two sessions starting as usual from the back and painting/sketching towards the foreground. Each state of the sketch could be seen as a...
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Coarse woody debris – oil pastel study of an old tree stump
There a a couple of places in the woods that I like to revisit regularly for years now. One of those is a the edge of a beech forest clearing. Big trunks and tree stumps, coarse woody debris, are...
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