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"Avon River , Christchurch, NZ"
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Author: Rod_Webb, Contributing Editor

Using raw sienna paint in the tree trunks. Then add some burnt umber to the raw sienna mix and paint in some branches.

Do not paint continuous ones as they will only show here and there, some parts of the branches will be hidden by the foliage.
Closeup showing trunks and branches.
Extra fine branches added using a rigger brush and burnt umber.
We now use a dry brush technique using light red and burnt umber.

Hold the brush horizontal and drag across the surface so you get an intermittent touching as it runs across the rough surface. Change colour and repeat the process so that a broken coverage is obtained with the two colours blending where they overlap.
Make the colour strongest at the bottom by applying more than you do at the top.
Progress so far.

Don't forget the little strip of background between the large tree trunks on the left.
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