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Please remember in this image the foliage is the same colour as the background, this "lightens" its visual impact. The blank foliage has no texture to entice the eye, very little visual impact at all. The one thing this drawing brings to the forefront is the dis-similarlarity of the lower left branch when compaired to the others. It appears to angle up 25+ degrees while the others appear to have level undersides. The "hollow" could be just a surface scar from a limb removal, but the detail adds contrast and thus "weight". The contrast and detail are what the eye focuses on quickly dismissing the simple (and visually boring) foliage pads.

Tomorroe I will do a virtual to show what I mean.

2-Jan-2007	#9
JLDoggett bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: May-2004 Posts: 115	Please remember in this image the foliage is the same colour as the background, this "lightens" its visual impact. The blank foliage has no texture to entice the eye, very little visual impact at all. The one thing this drawing brings to the forefront is the dis-similarlarity of the lower left branch when compaired to the others. It appears to angle up 25+ degrees while the others appear to have level undersides. The "hollow" could be just a surface scar from a limb removal, but the detail adds contrast and thus "weight". The contrast and detail are what the eye focuses on quickly dismissing the simple (and visually boring) foliage pads. Tomorroe I will do a virtual to show what I mean.