Carmen
18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood
Unseasonably mild means still no snow, so no thoughts of winter paintings are entering my head. (Just as well as I have a few more fall ones I want to do. 
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I did a little exploring on the background to see how it’s going to look, as well as more work on the interior of the tree. I think I know where it’s going, but we shall see.
Carmen
18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood
A beautiful late fall weekend, no snow yet but the air is crisp and the leaves crunch underfoot. I haven’t been taking many photos as this time of year feels very in-between to me – the deep colours of earlier fall are gone, but the contrast of bright snow and deep shadows hasn’t arrived yet.
I’m moving along smoothly with ‘Carmen’. The colours are reminding me of ‘Fiesta’, but the shapes are so much more complex and intertwined. It’s really interesting to me to look at some of my previous paintings and see my evolution.
Carmen
18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood
Another cool and rainy fall day is underway – makes all my working with red that much more fun! I’m just letting the shapes pick themselves at this stage. Lots of contemplation and a little course correction keep things moving along well.
Carmen
18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood
It snowed today! I had to brush the car off before I could go anywhere. I guess that’s it for Fall.
I worked my way over to the right side of the panel this session. I’ve delineating the tree’s leaves and the background; we’ll have to see how that edge holds up as I go along.
Carmen
18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood
Feeling my way along this one. I’m relying much less on my original sketch. I’m using it for a sort of high-level map, but the details – the specific shapes and colours – are going to come more from the painting itself on this one I think, (although they always do to some extent). Which is kind of cool and scary at the same time. What if I start painting without any preliminary work at all? Nah, it’ll never happen – I enjoy making the sketches, working out some of the challenges, trying some things, taking chances – it makes me feel a little more confident when I’m actually slinging paint.
abstract art painting landscape red tree
Carmen
18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood
A long time coming, this painting embraces red. A red maple with light shining through the leaves in yellow, pink and orange, and shadows clinging to the trunk and hiding where they can in burgandy and purple. It’s quite a different palette for me – although every painting has it’s own unique colours – so I am very excited to see where this one leads!
The River
36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood
Placidly implacable, the river meanders through an autumn day.
The sky is done; The River is done. This one was a long time playing with muted fall colours (and thoroughly enjoyable too) and now I’m ready for something a little stronger. So my next painting will be red – lots and lots of red. And a little bit smaller. With maybe some 5 x 7′s in first.
The River
36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood
We’ll be getting snow soon, and then it will be time to go out looking for winter inspiration. Not as delightful to me as fall, but I do plan to tackle more winter paintings this season. I’ll find those pockets of sparkling colour and rich shadow that the light brings about and wrest a painting or two from it.
I’ve finished everything about The River but the sky. It will echo the water and bracket the trees – everything a sky should do.
The River
36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood
We had some more beautiful fall weather this week. The leaves have mostly fallen and those left are more bronze and sienna than the brighter colours of September/October. I’m looking at some more muted colours and starker landscapes and I think a less saturated palette might be fun to explore – at least for a painting or two!
I have nearly finished the forest across the river,just a bit more of the sun-kissed trees at the back and I will be moving on to the sky!
The River
36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood
The weather’s turned and most of the leaves have fallen even here in Southern Ontario. There were still some good photo opportunities to be had however, some trees with leaves still clinging against a backdrop of hazy blue, brown and green. I’m now looking forward to winter – I haven’t painted enough winter paintings so I plan to get out more this year and find the colour in sparkling snow and deep pine shadows.
I am continuing on with the forest at the moment. I think I will leave the sky ’til the very end. I think the previous couple of photos are too light so I have matched this one more closely to the painting. (Of course, that’s on my monitor – I hope it also looks good on your monitors. )
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