Hockey Cockey Tree
I was looking for a picture to practise simplifying shapes by combining many smaller shapes into larger simpler ones, when the foliage of this tree said: " paint me!". I concentrated on eliminating m…
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Sandhya's Limited Palette Tree
This is my second version of the tree. I wanted to try out a different composition. I have used a limited palette of Prussian blue, yellow ochre, burnt sienna and white for this painting. It helped t…
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Sandhya's Tree
This was a tough picture to paint from as it is very perfect in subtle light caught on the trunk and dark leaves. This picture is also the kind that gives one more than a dozen ideas how to paint the…
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Dreamer's Watercolour Tree
Having done one in oils, I wanted to try it in watercolours too. I sketched it out roughly, used masking fluid where the leaves /branches would be so that I could paint in a wash of ultramarine blue …
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Tree with a Giraffe
Marion's tree photo was actually two trees, one behind the other. This painting is only of the first tree closest to the camera, but the flat landscape needed something else. My wife tells me that li…
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Ros' Tree
I wanted to get a feel for the spirit of the tree and landscape rather than try to reproduce them. The location felt like a vast area with a few trees and little sign of humans. That was the atmosphe…
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McKain's Tree
This time I wanted to try a different medium so went for oils. I have limited experience with oils but wanted to try impasto so used a knife. I thought painting a tree and a wide landscape would lend…
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