I ended up being very inspired by the bland ones, such as the oak leaves. My painting of autumn leaves evoked a poignant memory that can be found at this link: “CAN I KEEP THEM FOREVER?”īelow is an image of my painting in progress:Ĭollecting leaves in Southern California is not comparable to other areas in the United States where autumn leaves are prized for their spectacle.īut I didn’t have to hunt too hard to find examples of the season. I filled my palette with eyedroppers of dye from at least 20 bottles in order to create my painting. It was definitely enjoyable to capture so many colors. ![]() My most recent painting is named “Autumn Leaf Medley.” Clicking on the painting below opens up a window to my leaf related stock images on Getty Images. The more you look then the more you'll see.Ĭolours used.sap green, yellow ochre, lemon yellow, cobalt blue, alizarin crimson, cadmium red. Practice your leaves, try doing them wet in wet and let your brush dance around like the leaves in autumn. Try not to be too specific, hit at veins and crinkles, and lights and darks.Īdd berries and greener leaves, all plants change at a different pace.Īdding leaves to my work grounds it in the autumn, and in my Devon lanes. It is also nice to add spots to leaves and many of them have holes in them. Some leaves may need stems or branches, thorns or lichen. I may well then go in and add darker patches, where the leaf is folded. Paint what you see, not what you think you see. There is often more green in autumn leaves than you think. See how I move around the leaves and really look for the colours in each one. Then I move onto another leaf and leave my first one to dry. There is red in there, is it a warm red or a cool one.I need to really look. I paint all the colours I see on a leaf in one go. I paint it in one go, leaving some white spaces for the light to bounce off the surface. I begin to paint a leaf as a whole thing. I often have my phone with me and I try to take photos for reference. So as it is autumn, I thought I would try and explain ( a bit ) about how I paint leaves at this time of year. I feel connected to this place, where I live, and seeing a familiar tree, don it's autumn foliage, feels like meeting with an old friend again. Without realising it I am very much influenced by where I am and what is happening around me, so my paintings change as the seasons do. I need to understand something before it can form on the page so observing things and being excited about how they really are can form the beginnings of an idea. These are as much a part of the process as painting is. I try to get out and about as much as I can, walking, looking and thinking. Then back home the dahlias are still doing their thing. A recent walk to Fingle bridge was so lovely ![]() The colours are different and interesting on every single leaf. So on a much calmer note, I am carrying on painting, and taking solace in the autumn coloursĭevon is looking glorious today, bathed in autumn sunshine, leaves falling past my studio window. ![]() Most of us are looking on in amazement at the chaos in Westminster, while we worry about our own finances. Here in the Uk, things are all up in the air again, I have just heard the news that The PM has resigned.
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