I know, I know! This is supposed to be an Urban Sketching blog, and yet here I am talking about drawing nature. The thing is – here is the thing – I am going off at a bit of a tangent in this ...

The Menominee Nation planted eastern white pine trees in Milwaukee as a symbol of peace and unity. The trees were planted as part of a week of events for Earth Week and Arbor Day.

He started drawing trees because of their complexity; the impressions often revealed features Bosbyshell didn’t see before. In one drawing, cross-hatched cuts marked the tree.

Can We Please Stop Drawing Trees on Top of Skyscrapers? The scientific reasons why the latest architectural drawing fad is fantasy. By Tim De Chant. March 08, 2013 4:37 PM.

Tim, to be fair, is worried about trees on skyscrapers.These two towers, one 260 feet tall, the other 367, are tall, but not crazy tall. So maybe there's a chance they'll make it.

De Chant kindly asks architects to “please stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers.” From his post: Want to make a skyscraper look trendy and sustainable? Put a tree on it. Or better yet, dozens.

In 1952, Swiss psychologist Charles Koch developed a personality test in which he asked a patient to draw a picture of a tree. Koch said the sketch would reflect certain ...

Her simple, untitled pencil drawing of two trees and a fence took first place among 47 entries in the 10th annual Congressional Art Competition, sponsored in conjunction with the Baum School of Art.

Vincent van Gogh may be best known for the swirling skies of his “Starry Night.” But he also filled his paintings with cypress trees. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will focus on those ...

Fit for the Queen! Windsor Castle’s Drawing Room and St George’s Chapel are decked out with 20ft Nordmann Fir trees from Windsor Great Park – complete with crown baubles ...