Trees! (For Reals this time!)

 Tree #1 using the proper method of sculpey tree making (read: using welding rod as a skeleton).

The first tree was made through the process of creating a rough skeleton out of welding rod, which not only helps the sculpey hold itself up, but enabled me to make a really strong base for the tree to stand up on. To create the main bulk of the tree, I created long thin rectangles of sculpey, which i wrapped round each of the welding rod "bones", and then twisted and curled the soft sculpey to give a bark-ish texture to it. While I liked the main effect of the process, I felt I could work more with the effect i gave the end of the branches, where i wrapped the thin ends of scupley round the wire in a spiral fashion.

 For the second and third trees, I employed the "spiralling" technique of applying the sculpey. While I feel this technique may result in less realistic looking trees, I think it fits within my surrealism theme, as they look like trees, with their distinctive shape, but up close, the texture is slightly off.

When painting the trees, I stuck to the same three colour schemes I used on the bushes; blue/green, orange/red, and green/orange, in order to give a sense of solidarity and theme.