branch majesty

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I rescued this majestic branch whilst walking home one day last summer and brought it back to the studio. It was about to be pulverized in a wood chipper but like the photinia that you will remember from my yard work to art work story, it became my model.

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Using the small branches from the photinia as drawing tools it started to come to life transforming my empty sheet of Arches watercolour paper one warm July day.

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Finally, as I completed the painting today with the brushes from the Gift of the Four Treasures, the spirit of the branch filled the studio once again and its story was complete.

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  3. beautiful depth to this with all the gorgeous layers of tones Andrew. Plus, I really like the splatters, the splashes, the randomness of the paint drops upon the paper creating a sense of liveliness to the design. 🙂

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      1. hi Andrew, my pleasure! Its not so easy to get ‘greens’ just right and have depth; but you did 🙂 Your greater range of greens, certainly made a difference. LOVE that it is a full sheet!

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    1. Thanks Nicole. Every painting is different. Some can take just a few minutes, others may continue over hours and days, and sometimes if revisited even months like Branch Majesty. The challenge is always to know when a painting is finished. 🙂

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