Drawing by Lauren Jarrett and Lisa Lenard- P6: As a professional artist I am often asked: When did I begin to draw? Or in other words, how long have I been drawing. I have tried to answer this question, but the truth is that I’m not exactly sure. I do know that I have drawn as long as I can remember. Most children enjoy drawing as one of their games. I guess I just never stopped. | Part 5 Out and About with Your Sketchbook Roads Fences Gates and Walls Roads walls and fences are parts of the landscape that can add direction interest and vitality to a scene or view. A road wall or fence meandering away within a grouping of winding hills can add drama and narrative to a drawing. A half-open gate can make viewers wish they knew what lay beyond it and stimulate the imagination. 230 Chapter 18 Made by Man Out in the Landscape Lauren s grandfather drew some of these roads. Note how each is an individual. In the Farmyard You have only to go outside on a farm and you will find something to draw and sometimes you don t even have to go outside. Whether you are on a big farm in the Midwest with lots of equipment and big fenced fields or a little family farm in New England with a big garden a few chickens cows and an ancient old tractor you will find something interesting to draw. Haystacks worked for Monet and as you travel around the countryside you will see the various shapes and sizes in different areas of the country. Big barns are the norm in Vermont for example while the bigger structures in Nebraska are the silos for harvested corn. Corrals and farmyards enclose areas and make interesting angles and shapes. The animals themselves we will deal with in Chapter 20 It s a Jungle Out There So Draw It They deserve a chapter of their own after all. Try Your Hand Using your viewfinder frame to help compose the mainland masses in a landscape take certain human-made elements such as roads fences and walls to make the difference between an ordinary drawing and an extraordinary one. 231 Part 5 Out and About with Your Sketchbook Artist s Sketchbook Cairns are human-made trail markings most often piles of rocks that mark the trailside path. Adding these mini-structures to your drawing can lead the viewer onto the trail too. Sheds and barns are technically structures and so are covered in Chapter 19 Houses and Other Structures but you ll want to be sure to .
