Before we do the last of the concrete sculpting on Vala’s bridge tree we first painted the many, many leaves. We used an oil based paint to prevent them from rusting in years to come. The reason we paint it now is so we don’t get the oil based pain on the concrete as it would make the acrylic flake off over time. The apples we previously painted were masked off for this step. Once the paint was dry we rolled the branch back into the shop. Monday morning it will get a thick coat of concrete an d the sculpting will begin.