Watercolor challenge #8: Bonsai

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The object is not to make the tree look like a bonsai, but to make the bonsai look like a tree. (John Naka)

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According to Japanese tradition, the bonsai represents the three virtues or shin-zen-bi, which translates into truth, goodness and beauty. (Unknown)

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