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 The auction begins this Friday on August 29. I donated a 9 x 12 watercolor “ Spring Tapestry” Unlike most of the paintings I did for this e...

Thursday, October 31, 2013

October Oak 12 x 12 Plein Air watercolor



October Oak 12 x 12

I ran out of Q Burnt Orange while painting this one.
The importance of the bits of blue green ( I used manganese blue hue and cobalt turquoise for the blue green color patches.) to contrast with the warm autumn colors is what I was concerned with colorwise .
The distance away I was standing was important , it allowed me to see the larger shapes and not try to paint every leaf.

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