You know that part of my practice is to go to the woods for inspiration. I love to capture cast shadows and use them as a drawing reference.
Using the photo as reference seems to help me to see shapes instead of leaves and branches.
I do the outline drawing one day and come back and fill the shadow shape in with black paint on another day.
I hope this inspired you to look for shadow shapes to draw. Sometimes I have to take a lot of shadow pictures before I get one that is good for reference. Got to love our phones and digital cameras.
Sometimes I use shadow shapes to make stencils for gelatin printmaking.
Happy Printing!