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Here's the first cut of initial pastel to the "tree" painting. I like it; perhaps it stands alone as an abstract landscape.

When you remove all of the green foliage, the ground is essentially shades of brown (to state the obvious). If I were to redo this...

Today I added more trees and shrubs in the middle of the painting, obscuring more of the river portion. Shadows were added at the base...

At this stage of the painting, I am beginning to fill-in portions of the composition. Additional values are added in the shadier spots...

Here we begin to block in the distant hills. Since the web of trees will become a focal point of the painting, we want to complete the...

The finished paintings seen on this website were begun with an underpainting. An underpainting is a wash of colors and values that set...