Day 4. Christmas Day. This one really didn’t turn out as I hoped. Sitting in a gale force wind, the sun seemed to dissappeared before I could finish the tree.That’s the challenge of plein air painting. Decided I’ll resist ‘fixing up’ any of the paintings when I get inside the house during this challenge.

The tree is a pepper tree. Don’t ask me what variety. Its a type of Schinus. Looks like the Schinus molle in my uneducated view.
Its one branch is leaning on a wall of the old pig styes on the farm. We no longer farm with pigs.

Check my Mom’s version of the tree on Facebook.

Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.