As fall approaches I though I would post a few fall paintings from the archives. This painting was done just north of Bolton Ontario where I grew up for a time and my parents still live. The backroads, mostly gravel still, criss-cross farm country-vast valleys of crops and pasture, and rolling hills in the distance. In the fall the trees are afire with red orange and yellows. This car was for sale, it was in mint condition. I liked the way the light blue paint-job contrasted the orange trees. In the fall, an original painting can be much better that a camera for capturing colours. A camera does not pick up all of the subtle colours and contrasts that you can see with the naked eye. Actually painting fall colours is always tricky. The temptation is to use bright red and yellow directly from the tube, but this leaves the impression of a false-colour. The best way to go is to use a red with touches of green and blue in it, make the red kind of earthy, an then place it next to a green or brown. In this way the red becomes bright by comparison.
Powder Blue Car, watercolour 5x7" cold press, 1999 (No. 0360)
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