From a person that just started in bonsai. I think videos showing what should be done or ones like yours that gives you different options and then making your final decision is great. I wish there were more movies out there that showed you how to style, and wire and the small things that takes many years to learn but showing the proper way helps a ton.
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Just to let you know... doing the first initial style to a piece of material and beginning to set up it's structure and direction... is pretty much the hardest thing to do in Bonsai.
And for the record... it is something everyone struggles with, regardless of experience!
The whole where to begin... where to go... I don't want to mess up... only get ' s actually tougher, the more you move onto nicer material! And it is extremely easy to get caught up in the notion of... I just got this freaking amazing piece of material, and I need to do this really kick ass style to it!
And the second guessing of... am I capable, are my skills up to par, is my vision for the material the right one... and if so, is it good enough? And you will find people waiting endlessly, for some sort of shining beacon, to tell them that it is, before they begin...
If you fall back on training... you will always make the right decision.
Bonsai is all about problem solving.
If you learn nothing else than this about Bonsai... you have learned the most important thing anyone could ever teach or tell you regarding bonsai.
It is easy to get caught up in the whole process of what to do... and impossible to see the forest through the trees...
So, don't!
Just start with the first problem... resolve it. Move to the next problem, resolve that one, and you will not have to be able to see the forest through the trees... it will reveal itself.
Lastly, some problems are just unresolvable at the current state... that is to say they might take time to resolve, and you will not be able to fully address them at this point in time.
In these instances... Come up with the best solutions that you can, or if you find no best solution... you just move on and leave it as it is. Perhaps, the next problem and it's solution, might give you the answer for it.
In the last video, that is currently in production, where I am beginning to work with wiring out branches that were grown on top of others, as well in close proximity... and there are bare spots because of this... you are going to find I will be running into issues where the only choice to be made is to just see what the future holds. This is out of my control. Out of anyone's control... regardless of how much you know or do not know about bonsai.