Johnny Appleseed carries two saplings through an open wooden gate beside a squirrel on a post.

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Through the Nursery Gate with Johnny Appleseed

In this imagined storybook scene, Johnny Appleseed carries two saplings through an open wooden gate. Rows of young trees lead toward a cabin, and a squirrel watches from a fence post.

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Red apples beyond a wooden gate

Repeat green through the nursery and keep the winding path white.

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Digital example: Johnny Appleseed in blue at a brown gate beside green saplings and red apples.

1. Green: leaves and grass
2. Red: apples and flower centers
3. Brown: wood and accessories
4. Blue: shirt and trousers
5. Peach: face and arms
6. Gray: gate hinges

Fill leaves, bushes and grass green.
Color the apples red; add red flower centers.
Use brown for the gate, trunks, cabin, hat, bag, hair, squirrel and shoes.
Color the shirt and trousers blue, keeping the patches brown.
Fill the face, ears, arms and hands peach.
Add gray to the hinges; leave sky, hills, path and petals white.

The red apples should stand out above the green nursery, with a clear white path through the brown gate.

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