Trees and tree drawing; . t it cannot be too strongly impressed on thestudent that the shape and the size of the leaf largelyaffect the texture of the foliage, as the comparison ofsuch extremes as the Horse Chestnut and the Cedar willdefinitely prove. Leaves on long shoots are placed at greater intervalsthan those on short shoots, and trees like the Beech(see Fig. 7), which throw out numerous long shoots,with leaves spreading out horizontally on either side,have a waving, feathery appearance, which is not seenon the Oak (see Fig. 6), which has more short shoots,on which the buds towards the- e
Trees and tree drawing; . t it cannot be too strongly impressed on thestudent that the shape and the size of the leaf largelyaffect the texture of the foliage, as the comparison ofsuch extremes as the Horse Chestnut and the Cedar willdefinitely prove. Leaves on long shoots are placed at greater intervalsthan those on short shoots, and trees like the Beech(see Fig. 7), which throw out numerous long shoots,with leaves spreading out horizontally on either side,have a waving, feathery appearance, which is not seenon the Oak (see Fig. 6), which has more short shoots,on which the buds towards the- end only develop,making a cluster, and giving the tree a more tuftedappearance. The leaves of trees are either stalked or stalkless, andwhere it is present the character of the stalk is anotherelement in the general character of the tree. For as astalked leaf is more easily moved by the breeze thanone without a stalk, so the longer the stalk themore movennent it is capable of. Beyond this a stalk TREES AND TREE DRAWING. 27. ^^^ -VA— ^¥r^
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