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Nice tree.
As Auk said, some minor items to be addressed. If you look at picture nr 6. You see the three lower branches are all emerging roughly from one point in the trunk. I would remove the upper right of the pair.You could probably loose the one of the left too, but that is a maybe. Then grow the tiny branch higher up on the right out. I think the third branch on the left from the bottom is too thick, *maybe* you could to without.

As allways: Do not trim just because someone sais so. YOU can see the tree in 3D, and YOU have to like it. Also.. What is cut, does not come back! If you do decide on trimming: Do leave a stub of the branch, so you can make a yin.

When you bend branches down, make the bend as close to the ctrunk as possible. You might need to wire a strong rod to the branch to be able to bend at the connection rather than the weaker branch itself. Finally, I would work towards pushing the foliage inwards (Give it lots of sun and feed. Let the branches grow. Once you see 5-10cm long grow, cut back into the old foliage. That should stimulate new branches to emerge deeper in the tree. The tree is now too bare to work towards a more compact image. A rough sketch of what I would go for.

Agreed with leatherback on bring foliage further in over time. Right now, the appearance looks beyond a sapling and somewhere in the 20-30 yr old range. For an older appearance, make the trunk 'bigger' by chasing back the foliage per leatherback.

In your wiring, fan out the branches and branchlets (looks like you've started on the lower ones). Don't stack them on top of each other, make sure they're all getting light. It will help give a cloud look.

I wouldn't worry about a 'front' at the moment. Make it look good from all sides, and you can choose a front when it's time to present. Otherwise, you'll end up focusing too hard on that one view, and the rest of the tree will look unnatural from all other angles. (That's just a philosophical take). I think you've got an excellent head start!

A few sketches showing more compact branch structure in relation to trunk, and a top view showing branches fanned out. This is on iPad, so photos may appear sideways. I tried to correct. We'll see after I post.

Argh! Try image again. If it doesn't work, I give up.

Those are very nice sketches, thank you very much

Redman, thank you for sharing your tree and your interest. I am so glad to see the other perspectives, as well.

This group has so much experience with so many techniques over the years, it is always insightful to read about what you are thinking when you analyze one another's art.

I look forward to your progressions.

Nice tree, keep it going and send lots of pictures. BTW pictures need to be inserted, then we don't need to open each one. Just saying. Keep up the good work