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Trees as Design Inspiration

Posted by: Nikkico in Design, Nikki's Artwork

I browsed through and organized the leaves, seeds and bark photos that I took specifically for their outstanding design aspects, then drew some designs I’ve had in mind for a couple of years. Here are a few rough preliminary sketches and some digital play with a Paint Shop Pro computer program. I may paint some large one-of-a-kind cushion covers using a few favorites.

Design from Nature

Pecan nuts, Dallas, Texas Pecans, pencil on paper Raindrops and Leaves design, pencil on paper inspired by the next photo Photography, Early Spring morning in Coppell, Texas
Flamboyant Tree seed pods from Chapala, Mexico Flamboyant Tree seed pods design, pencil outline on paper, shaded digitally Flamboyant Tree seed pods design, digital play with the original Flamboyant Tree seed pods design, digital play with the original
Wind In The Maples design inspiration, photography, Kingston, Ontario Canada Wind In The Maples original design, pencil on paper Maple Keys, pencil on paper Maple Keys digitized play with portions of the original drawing
Eastern Cottonwood, photography, Ottawa, Ontario Canada Eastern Cottonwood, the original design, pencil illustration scanned and tidied digitally Eastern Cottonwood, digitized play with the original design Eastern Cottonwood, digitized play with the original design
American Elm Seeds/Keys, early Spring in Coppell, Texas American Elm Seeds/Keys design, pencil on paper Elm Keys - digitized pattern from the original design. Elm Keys - digitized pattern from the original design.

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Trees: 2009 calendars, Art and Photography

Posted by: Nikkico in Calendars

2009 12 month Calendar of paintings and Oil Pastel drawings by Nikki Coulombe

Now available, 2009 12-month calendars of some of my tree-specific paintings and Oil Pastels. All of the pieces in this collection can be viewed larger here. To purchase an Art Calendar:


Support independent publishing: buy this calendar on Lulu.

Also available: 2009 12-month calendars of favorite images of trees chosen from theTrue Colors Photographic Series. Also see trucolors.info for more about my creative tribute to Mexico.  

Trees, a 12 month calendar from the True Colors Photographic Series / Art Project. Also see trucolors.info

To purchase the Trees photos True Colors calendar:


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