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Don't mean to butt in , since I am a newbee, and am in a learning stage myself. That is a nice looking forest planting, and I love the way you have shown the steps. I am doing a maple forest also.
The only thing I can add is what my instructor at class told me. In bonsai always use an uneven number in planting...1,3,5,7,9...etc.
If you have 5 trees, a rock for a boulder and a path = a look of 7...uneven.
1 tree & two rocks = a look of 3 or
1 tree, 1 rock, 1 mud man = a look of 3
3 trees, 1 path, 1 rock =a look of 5

Instructor said, always make sure it is uneven, that is what the eye see's as balanced.

Just a sharing of what I was taught, I am learning, am (VERY) new to Bonsai.

2-May-2004	#10
Shoe bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: May-2004 USDA Zone: zone 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1	Don't mean to butt in , since I am a newbee, and am in a learning stage myself. That is a nice looking forest planting, and I love the way you have shown the steps. I am doing a maple forest also. The only thing I can add is what my instructor at class told me. In bonsai always use an uneven number in planting...1,3,5,7,9...etc. If you have 5 trees, a rock for a boulder and a path = a look of 7...uneven. 1 tree & two rocks = a look of 3 or 1 tree, 1 rock, 1 mud man = a look of 3 3 trees, 1 path, 1 rock =a look of 5 Instructor said, always make sure it is uneven, that is what the eye see's as balanced. Just a sharing of what I was taught, I am learning, am (VERY) new to Bonsai. __________________ zone 5