Together

These are two different varieties of sunflowers in my brother-in-law's garden. It was a challenge to get the darks of the upper one without being too dark. Am enjoying this subject a lot.

Hello!

It is sunflower season again and I am back at painting them. This time felt a lot easier and looser, even though it looks like lots of details. The leaves are just shapes of light and dark, the petals were modeled at the end. It was a very satisfying experience.
Frohe Geburtstag Claudia in Hamburg!

The Driveway in Winter

Plein air has its limitations. It is a bitter -19 celsius degrees today with the wind chill, so I painted indoors this afternoon from the window. When I finished, the snow turned orange with light of the setting sun.

November in Ontario

Painted in a workshop today with my group. We were shown the effects of priming the canvas with a strong colour. Mine was primed with burnt sienna, cad orange, alizarin crimson and some black for this fall scene. Makes the scene very warm - quite the opposite of the frigid weather here today.

The Driveway in Autumn

The autumn colours are in their full glory, and yesterday the wind was blowing so that leaves scattered all over. Even though it is Thanksgiving weekend with company coming and all, I had to quickly get a start on the fall version for the series I had planned to do. Not fully pleased yet. Might do some changes or start another one tomorrow.

The Driveway in Summer

I have started a painting today but couldn't finish and so I post one already done. Tomorrow I have to pack up the easel to make room for guests coming. The driveway was painted in late August. I plan to do a series - one per season.