nickbachman

i'm a bigger fan of naturalistic style trees. just because it's a natural style tree does not mean that bonsai techniques aren't applied. that's kinda the vibe i'm getting from some people in this thread. i keep getting from dbz12fan's posts that he thinks of naturalistic style trees as just letting them go wild, no bonsai training involved. this is entirely untrue. i think that the classical style could just as easily be considered the "easy way out" (if any form of bonsai could be considered easy). to make a classical style tree, just open a bonsai book and follow the "directions." whereas to make a naturalistic tree, you must learn to take ideas from nature, and sort of look at natural trees and think "how could i emulate this in bonsai?" walter has some AMAZING infromal broom trees, and as he said in a previous thread, you wont find the style in any of your bonsai books, but it's the most common style for natural trees. his informal broom trees are my most favorite trees i've ever seen. for some reason they just stick in my head.