A Tree Portrait

'Summer Tree' 16x12 pastel

Last night at class we all painted a tree. Marsha gave us all the same photo to work from and then she did a demo for us. It was fun to see how everyone's tree was different even though we all were painting the same tree. What I discovered.....I actually don't mind paintng trees and when I thought about why I didn't paint them more often I realized that I don't take many tree reference photos. I will have to be more aware of that when I am out with my camera. I do think I would like to practice more trees. I'll add it to my list!