New Tree Painting – Standing tall

Trees can have a commanding presence, especially when they are tall. Do you love being surrounded by towering forest? I do!

I aimed to capture that feeling here with my new tree painting, Standing Tall –

: Standing Tall
48 x 48″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
Available through GP Deva Gallery. Contact Iris Shih, helloiris@gpdeva.com

Here are some in-progress pics for this painting –

: The first step was to loosely paint very tall tree trunks. Next, I started adding leaves (upper right).

: Next, I painted the leaves, and the shadows on the ground.

: Studying what to do next. I decided to brighten up the leaves in the foreground, and add more colorful leaves in the background (using heavier texture).

Here’s the finished painting –

: Standing Tall
48 x 48″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
Available through GP Deva Gallery. Contact Iris Shih, helloiris@gpdeva.com

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