I've spent some time over the last few evenings getting some foreground trees built up. These will be for the alcove scene, as well as helping to frame a special new structure that I haven't shared on the blog yet over in Enosburg.
I'm building these up using the Crepe Myrtle tips I harvested last winter - some of them had a considerable "bow" to them, but by gluing a few of them together and selectively pruning some of the large or more oddly placed branches, it makes a nice basic tree armature. In some cases, it's pretty close to the basic shape of an elm tree.
I then fill out the basic armature with Super tree tips.
The next step will be to add some bulk and blending to the trunks.
3 comments:
Looks great Marty! Looking forward to following your process.
Nice looking tree Marty. Looking forward to the finished tree.
Is this going to be a Fall or summer foliage?
Jerry
Well done Marty. This is a truly convincing multiple trunk tree as seen everywhere but seldom modelled.
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