Sunday 22 January 2017

30/30 January Challenge #22

I am on a roll! The weather has been such that I just wanted to stay home which gave me a lot of time for painting and that means I am ahead of the game.
#999 - Autumn's End - 5 x 9 watercolour
The painting was roughly based on a piece in "Perspective Secrets" by Phil Metzger, one of the Watercolor Basics series. I have given a number of lessons on perspective using this book as my reference so I am usually pretty good at it. However, I like to paint old buildings, so if I goof I can always say that the building is old and falling down - lol.

I am very happy with this piece, although the colour in the original is more vibrant than the photo so the purple really pops. I also like the looks of the leaves scattered on the ground which was achieved by rolling a #6 round brush lightly over the paper using a number of different colours.

Now, I just have to add this to Leslie's 30/30 page and then I have to go out and - you guessed it! - shovel more snow!


7 comments:

  1. WOW Val you really are on a roll! This is terrific! Love the distant trees, and the trees up front. And the wonky buildings. LOL, they look perfect to me, but I love that you shared your secret. Glad you were able to get ahead. Always feels better. Snow here too, and I think more on the way. Low clouds are covering Mingus.

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    1. Gee Sheila, I guess you really like this piece! Wonky buildings are my speciality, even when I start with them straight I usually damage them, I think they have more character.Cloudy here too but at least we didn't get any more snow. Thanks for your comments.

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  2. I like your trick for the leaves on the ground. This really looks great!!! I love the autumn colors and the textures of the leaves and the barn wood. Good work!

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    1. Thank you Joan. I used the same technique on the grasses in the painting with the cannon but started with a solid base of the yellow. For this piece any white showing is just more snow - easy and I will be doing this more often. I have often had trouble with foregrounds and this works a treat. Glad you like it!

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  3. I like your trick for the leaves on the ground. This really looks great!!! I love the autumn colors and the textures of the leaves and the barn wood. Good work!

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  4. Liking this a lot as well, great depth too. Kind of tranquil even thought you have yellows which usually energizes. I too like the idea for the leaves and might try that for my foliage which I am always fighting with.

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    1. Thanks Nelvia. I think the purple neutralizes the effect of the yellow. I am glad you like it and I hope the rolling technique works for you with foliage.

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