PAINTING AGAIN
Last October I finally began painting again after several years of thinking about it. I never seemed to have the time, but seeing the bright orange and yellow trees out my window every morning inspired me to make time. Some of my tubes of paint had dried up, but there were enough to work with and my pastels were still in good shape. I also found a couple small groups of colored pencils. I began with a sketch and a watercolor(y) wash using acrylic paints to lay in the general color areas. Then I intensified the colors with pastels and defined some edges and details with the colored pencils. I had tried for years to capture sunlight in my paintings and finally I think I have been able to get the values right. This painting of trees in blazing autumn color is drenched in sunshine just like it appeared to me many mornings in October. After going back and forth with pencils, pastels and acrylic paint to develop the colors, I put the finishing details on it and recently framed it. The bright sparkles of sunlight on the water was impossible to capture so the white looks more like whitecaps which is at least appropriate. I don't think it is possible to capture sparkles. The contrasting values would be too great. Maybe I will keep trying.
As I looked at the beautiful autumn leaves in all their colors, I remembered the ceramic leaf pin/pendants and earrings I have created for my Fall Collection of ceramic jewelry.
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