Study of a literati pine.

[treeman]

Here is another interesting tree I saw.. It would be possible to make something like this only if we throw all convention out the window and be willing to wait and see what the tree does after perhaps jumping on it a few times.

bujin red pine.JPG

[SuperBonSaiyan]

Here is another interesting tree I saw.. It would be possible to make something like this only if we throw all convention out the window and be willing to wait and see what the tree does after perhaps jumping on it a few times.
bujin red pine.JPG

Now this one I like a lot more.

There's something about this one that looks more ancient than the other one.

I think it's the level of ramification. There's more of it in this one than the first.

Also the shadows under the top curves. Very appealing composition overall.

[treeman]

Here is another interesting tree I saw.. It would be possible to make something like this only if we throw all convention out the window and be willing to wait and see what the tree does after perhaps jumping on it a few times.
bujin red pine.JPG

There's something about this one that looks more ancient than the other one.

Interesting. The first one more ancient to me.

[tgward]

the first could do with some lower trunk movement (but only a little) to avoid the straight - the second works ok cos the reverse taper is dealt with

[Akhi]

With such beautiful bark I would have preferred a musch more traditional looking tree something like this

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The way the tree goes back on itself inmho looks too contrived. I get that it's literati but would have preferred a more space tree for that.

[TimIAm]

I feel these two trees are closer to Chinese stylings by using what the tree provides rather than forcing every branch into set structure. If you can appreciate the art of these trees away from what is viewed as required in Western tastes, then you should definitely give Chinese bonsai another look.

[treeman]

The way the tree goes back on itself inmho looks too contrived.

If the tree looks contrived to you I would suggest that you may have a pre-constructed idea you are drawing from because this tree would have been collected and there is no contrivance in nature.

[treeman]

I feel these two trees are closer to Chinese stylings by using what the tree provides rather than forcing every branch into set structure. If you can appreciate the art of these trees away from what is viewed as required in Western tastes, then you should definitely give Chinese bonsai another look.

I have a small book on Chinese trees with and some a good but many are awful. Especially the deciduous ones.

[SuperBonSaiyan]

What do y'all think about this Akamatsu?

JRP.jpg

I like it, but I would change it in the following ways:
- remove the back left branch which breaks up the continuous green line
- rotate the front to where the blue triangle is so I can see more of the branching

JRP - edited.jpg

[treeman]

It's very nice, but I would not be too quick to remove that branch but rather thin it out a bit. But either way.....

red pine.JPG

[SuperBonSaiyan]

It's very nice, but I would not be too quick to remove that branch but rather thin it out a bit. But either way.....

red pine.JPG

The lower left branch is down at a sharper angle, so if I'd probably try to lower it to a similar angle and twist it around to the back for depth.

[treeman]

It's very nice, but I would not be too quick to remove that branch but rather thin it out a bit. But either way.....

red pine.JPG

The lower left branch is down at a sharper angle, so if I'd probably try to lower it to a similar angle and twist it around to the back for depth.

Yeah you could do that. But then you are forcing it back into convention.

[treeman]

[ Tried to fix a spelling mistake and found I couldn't . Disregard this..