Abstract Landscape Painting

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

With an extra 2 early mornings this week, Among Friends is coming to completion. This will be the last wip for this painting I think and the next post will see it done

Moving smartly along. Not too much to report Still painting lots of green leaves and still enjoying it very much. (Although I think my next painting needs some RED in it!) I’m getting close to the end now though, and soon I will have to start thinking about my next painting. I’ve got a large fall maple in sun against a dark October sky in mind. And a couple of small ones too

Abstract painting birches

Wow 10 weeks I have been working on this painting! I thought I might get bored making one this big (which is why I bought that five foot panel - lol), but I’m really enjoying it. The little details, the way the shapes weave in and out of each other, the little peeks of the sky, all the different greens that work so well together… I’ll be sorry when this one is finished.

The next installment. Many green leaves and some trunks and blue sky.

More progress to show I’m still steadily working on this one. I have to be careful not to get lost in the patterns and remember to step back and make sure it’s working from a distance too. It’s easy to get lost in making beautiful shapes.

I’ve changed the title of this painting from ‘3 Birches’ to ‘Among Friends’.

Sometimes when I’m working on a painting the utilitarian title I start with (I’ve got to call it something!) just doesn’t fit anymore. I’ve been thinking about that in regards to this painting for a few weeks. To me this is a painting about quiet comfort and shared joys - the warm sun, a playful breeze stirring the leaves, flashes of a brilliant blue sky - and friends to share it with.

The third trunk is coming into being in this session. I can now see the balance of the 3 verticals within the shifting green of the leaves…

3 Birches abstract wip

Moving along on this painting. More green leaves It’s a lot of little pieces coming together. I can’t wait to see the finish - already I can get lost amongst the leaves, trunks and sky…

Got a bit more done this session. As you can see I’m filling in the leaves It’s really starting to take shape and I can imagine the final painting with the sunlight, the sky and the 3 birches all of a piece.

3 Birches wip4

Here’s the next session’s work. Lots of green leaves with sparkling sunlight and a couple of smaller branches peeking through. I’m using a very limited palette for this painting and it’s amazing just how many greens I’m making - warm yellow and orange-y greens and blue and turquoise greens too.

3 Birches