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March 2

At first I wanted to paint trees native in California for the mural. I soon found that difficult as some trees were similar such as thickness, how high the trunk is when branches begin to grow, and the pattern of how branches grow. I decided to go with something simple. And where else to go for a simple pattern than Pinterest!

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