I’m working on another tree this year. I used the same wire and putty technique I’ve used in the past for the trunk, and candytuft for the foliage – notes at the bottom.
The first layer of putty is on with at least one more to go, where I will add texture.
I like how the tall tree forces the perspective. Jebediah looks more in scale with the tree in place.
I used candytuft for the foliage. This is autumn gold candytuft from Scenery Solutions (no longer available).
I painted and detailed the trunk and separated the foliage branches from two bundles of candytuft. Too bad I can’t just say “alakazam” and have the foliage appear on the tree.
The trunk is somewhere between grey and brown. I mix at random and fine-tune until I get there since there isn’t a good color straight out of the bottle.
Good thing I chose autumn, so my tree can be sparse.
And, finished….
Love looking up through the branches.
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Notes: Link to the first tree I made using this technique – follow the links in the first sentence back through the process. For the trunk, a good starting source if you can find it is the DVD Master Miniaturists: Landscaping Primer with Diane Myrick. I found mine through interlibrary loan. This whole series is just awesome! For the foliage, I used a tutorial by Connie Sauve on using candytuft, but the tutorial link is no longer active. I bought the candytuft from Scenery Solutions, but they no longer sell it.
