Behold the Bradgate

So, pretty much everyone on our course has been to Bradgate Park over the last week. It's a pretty cool place really. The whole area has this big feel of Tolkien, and even when it was raining and miserable it was still an amazing place to be.

This was perhaps my favourite photograph from exploring Bradgate. I love the look of the tree, the way it looks all battered and twisted lent to the side, accompanied by the view past the wall. I told you that the place had a very Tolkien feel. This land reminds me of home, of the nice large Therfield Heath that I lived next too for a good 18 years. 

 This place was awesome. So awesome I returned there with a party of companions when the sun actually decided to shine. This time we managed to focus on sketching, because there wasn't a torrent of rain on my sketchbook constantly. My main focus was looking at the trees. Because I know that trees will be very important to learn about for this course, and especially the older more fantasy looking ones. 

Take for example these fine trees. Especially the one on the right. It looks like it might of grown in Silent Hill, screaming forever. I couldn't resist drawing that one.