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Starting New Tree Painting

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During one of our walks, we came across this old tree stump. It is slowly decaying, leaving interesting patterns of peeling bark, holes, and crumbling insides. I took a few photos to capture it as it is now before the winter storms moved in.

Old tree stump
Old tree stump along the path

I started a painting of this tree stump today. I decided on a 8 x 16 inches canvas to keep the focus on the tree stump. I left out the 2 trees in the foreground. While they frame the stump nicely in the photo, they also take away the focus on the tree stump.

I took a bit of artistic license for the background, muting the background trees, adding a bit of sky & clouds, and adding some interest to the ground around the tree stump. I have drawn in some of the details of the stump with a white charcoal pencil. The painting of the tree stump is next. Stay tuned 🙂