Drawing Palm Trees

Often in class, when I find my mind wandering, I start to doodle on whatever I have in front of me. Whether it’s paper, gum wrapper, or desk its self, I’ll draw on it. One of the recurring doodles I have is of palm trees. They usually sit on a little island surrounded by water.

I decided to take my palm tree drawing to the next level.

Using this step by step process, I made an improvement quickly.

The use of a grid helps me tremendously to have a consistent scale.

I ended with by far the best palm tree I have ever drawn.

I was just looking to draw a palm tree, and I learned a totally new skill with a grid in the process.