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Hanbury Hall

July 2019

So this is the amazing Cedar tree near the ice house at Hanbury Hall, it's about 300 years old and may have been planted at the same time as the house was completed, around 1700.
Cedar tree at Hanbury Hall Cedar tree at Hanbury Hall

I had a little go at a line drawing study. Took a bit of patience and a lot lines. Here's the finished product.
Line drawing study of a 300 year old Cedar Tree

For those of you not interested in trees here's a clip of a flatfish from the aquarium at MacDuff.

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