Rugged Roots

This pencil sketch depicts a gnarled, dead tree stump drawn with expressive shading. The artist uses bold, dark strokes to emphasize texture, highlighting the rugged bark and exposed roots spreading across the bottom. Broken, spiky branches jut upward, giving the piece a stark, dramatic feel. Shadows accentuate the organic forms, creating depth against the light paper background. Signed in blue ink at the bottom right with a stylized signature and a small star, the artwork conveys a sense of resilience and quiet desolation through its detailed contrast and minimalist composition, capturing nature’s worn beauty in roughly 100 words as requested.