Ladder by the Apple Tree

Background first! In this painting, I used a sponge to create the background trees by lightly dabbing the sponge in several shades of green, using ivory highlights. Then, to create the tree trucks I used a thin brush with black mixed with brown and then again highlighted with ivory. If you have ever looked in to a clump of trees, branches, limbs, twigs and tree trucks are everywhere! I like painting trees because they are never wrong. This painting is of a picture I take of the same area three times a year. The ladder by the tree is in my yard and has been for fourteen years...why, I am not sure, but everytime I snap that picture, it still looks beautiful.