thursday: observing trees
we were off to the river again today to observe and draw trees.
i believe chanda is drawing a purple leaf plum tree, prunus cerasifera.
m's tree is proving difficult to identify as it's leaves indicate a honey locust tree, but it's trunk is split into three. i have not seen any honey locusts with split trunks . . unless it's some kind of hybrid or cultivar. it could also be a type of acacia.
yes, this is my tree. i haven't figured it out yet from the book we have. i'm going to look in barnes and noble, while m and c are rehearsing gingerbread, to see if i can obtain a more comprehensive tree guide. (10/25: after looking in b and n, i think it's an american smoketree . . )
after sketching, we collected larger leaves from several other trees nearer to the apartment. back at home we took a few of these leaves (a white oak, northern red oak, and the large purple leaf plum), made stencils and created a fall mobile.
we've been wanting to do this for awhile now! it's nice to have accomplished it. we would like to add a ginko leaf.
chanda has been having such a fun time making leaf rubbings and hanging them on the door. she has also been busy drawing pumpkin faces and taping these to the windows. i think some leaves have made it to the windows also.
we were off to the river again today to observe and draw trees.
i believe chanda is drawing a purple leaf plum tree, prunus cerasifera.
m's tree is proving difficult to identify as it's leaves indicate a honey locust tree, but it's trunk is split into three. i have not seen any honey locusts with split trunks . . unless it's some kind of hybrid or cultivar. it could also be a type of acacia.
yes, this is my tree. i haven't figured it out yet from the book we have. i'm going to look in barnes and noble, while m and c are rehearsing gingerbread, to see if i can obtain a more comprehensive tree guide. (10/25: after looking in b and n, i think it's an american smoketree . . )
after sketching, we collected larger leaves from several other trees nearer to the apartment. back at home we took a few of these leaves (a white oak, northern red oak, and the large purple leaf plum), made stencils and created a fall mobile.
we've been wanting to do this for awhile now! it's nice to have accomplished it. we would like to add a ginko leaf.
chanda has been having such a fun time making leaf rubbings and hanging them on the door. she has also been busy drawing pumpkin faces and taping these to the windows. i think some leaves have made it to the windows also.
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