Following on from my last post, I have done a few quick pot virtuals. Having neglected this tree in terms of styling and design for years, it’s about time I did all I can to improve it. I could just sell it and be done, but, being one of my first trees, I just can’t do it!
Anyway, here are a few virtuals. I have also added a little foliage to fill out the image slightly.
I did these 2 with shallower ovals, as per Peter’s comment suggestion on the other post. Both improve the overall image.
However I think the shape of this pot suits the tree better. I suppose personal taste comes into this. I even added a few extra berries 🙂
Having done the one above I decided to shrink the pot a tad. This , I think, is the best of the 4 options I tried.
Three faults that I tried to tackle where:
I was able to hide number 1 by adjusting the foliage of the pad with wire dropping it to break the line of the branch. Straight lines in an image catch the eye.
Again, number 2 was concealed by dropping the foliage from another branch down in front of it. Further growth will be needed to complete this.
Fault 3 was solved by a little wiring in the apex to move the foliage to create a nicer apex but also stop the eye being drawn ring through the image to the straight back branch.
I then decided to play about with the position of the primary branch by using a guy line to pull it backwards.This is hard to see in a 2D image. I may decide to change this again.
Bonsai Eejit 