I went back to a park on the lake and was enchanted by the quietness in the scene. Â I also enjoyed the layers.
I went back to a park on the lake and was enchanted by the quietness in the scene. Â I also enjoyed the layers.
I loved the way the sunlight sparkled on the water and shone through the leaves of the tree while creating a silhouette of the lower bushes.
The sun came out for this painting last May at the lake. Â I was interested in the subtle background mountains contrasting with the foreground tree.
I like the angle of the bridge in the composition and the play of the bright snow to the trees. Â The light was very bland on this day and it forced me to look at shape, color and composition to come up with a scene. Â It was peaceful.
This was a particularly hard day for me to find a painting in the landscape. Â The lighting was very even, however, I took the challenge and was fairly happy with at least three of the four paintings of the day. Â Here is a quiet scene of the bottom of a tree in the snow.
Another solitary road in a peaceful place with winter colors around me.
A day or two after “Before the Snow” I went out and painted the scene after the snow. It was a warm day for snow and I enjoyed the clouds in the distance while my foreground was in sunshine.
An old building hidden behind bushes and trees on a deserted road. A quiet and peaceful place on a cloudy winter day.
Another December winter painting along a deserted Kentucky country road.
This is the other painting from my trip to the missed lake. This was a plein air start that I finished in the studio and used my on site notes and value study, other location painting, and a photo reference.
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