Border Wrap and Trees Underway

Poor reader, how many days can I subject you to the same painting? And I'm afraid there's more to come, but I am having an awful lot of fun as well as learning a good deal.

This evening the inner faces of the frame were masked and toothbrushed in. Then some cemented-like joints. And lastly, the trees were roughed in. I spent some time this afternoon gazing at swamp maples as an effort to gain inspiration.