Interrogating the image - through the trees

Continuing of my theme of re-seeing and transforming simple images, I began to work on a photo I took looking through the branches of a tree. I love the focus in the image and the way the lines all intersect and mingle:




Here are some images of my development work:







This is my final colour development- I love the strong simplified shapes, lines and colours combined with the watercolour like effect:



I then began to develop the image without colour:







I loved the 3D claylike effect that was created here:







I added a textural effect for the final development piece: