Fall Trees on Lake Ozark Hill

If this one looks familiar, I painted this same scene in watercolor and posted it the other day. One simply can't capture the brilliance of the trees with the sun bouncing through the leaves with camera or paints. But I like to try. God sure made these Ozark hills a beautiful place to behold. This is a 6x8 Golden Open Acrylic, painted on a Pintura panel from ASW. Nice surface! And inexpensive. It really looks nice in a wide gold frame, sitting on a gold table easel. I just finished this one. It seemed to take me longer but when I go back to these acrylics, I sort of "fight" them for awhile as they dry so much slower than my regular acrylics and faster than the oils. Oh well, that is what is fun, painting a variety of subjects and in a variety of mediums.
This one really looks bright. I think maybe part of the reason is I had my panel coated with a red wash.

Red Tree

I painted this tree from a photo before going to Big Cedar and I sold it there so wanted to try it again. As usual, my second try at a subject never turns out as good as the first one. It does not have the spontaniety the other one had. I hated I did not get a picture of it as I felt I got it a bit more impressionistic than I usually do. I wish I could loosen up more but it is hard for me to do. This is a 5x7 Golden Open Acrylic, painted on a Pintura panel from ASW. They are neat little panels. I had fun doing this. The trees are so beautiful right now but I guess soon I will probably be painting snow scenes. UGH!

Fall on Lake Ozark Hill

Well, I am sort of into making little greeting cards again. I decided to matt this one though. It has a mate but it will be in the greeting card pile. This is the best of the two. Watercolor is especially fun for these small paintings and I really think most people like receiving an original painting as a greeting. Like I said, this is a watercolor, started with some dry brush to get texture, even using a little sponge, then washes over and into, carving out areas that just show up with the watercolor sometimes going just where it wants to go. So much fun!! This started out to be the hill to the side of my little cabin but as you can see the land got flat. Oh well, the other one still has the hill but the composition in this one is the best. This one is 5x7, on 300 lb. Arches wateracolor paper.