Santa Monica Tree

I spent most of the day out in Santa Monica, wandering about, enjoying the weather to try and get away from working in front of the computer. I ran into my pal D'Lo who was wandering about as I painted this tree. Later I picked up some more inspirational Ralph Steadman books and visited my pal Gary.

I could have done so much more with this one if I hadn't painted in the darker values on the second layer of branches...oh well. I tried to use some blue and red to get that sense of depth back, but it would work better if it wasn't as dark. Those trees are amazing!