I bet you’re wondering, why has the branches of the tree got orange on it now when I said I used only titanium white and buff on it? Well, it was an attempt to try to give the reworked tree a bit of interest, so that it wouldn’t just be painted in a solid titanium white and titanium buff. The intent was that some of the orange would show through slightly.
After the reworked ‘sky’ had dried (see Step 5), I painted the trunk of the tree taller and added a whole lot of branches, making a proud tree with a lot of presence. I then painted some cadmium scarlet and orange on the branches, and waited for this to dry. I then painted titanium white and titanium buff over the branches; both these are quite opaque paints, so the effect of the underlying orange is subtle, and you have to look closely to see it in the final painting.
