Autumn Colours

I decided to work on something new today but wanted to keep with the autumn theme.

I chose an early morning sky when the yellows and golds of the sky add more colours to the autumn leaves and make the coniferous trees seem a little darker.

Once the background trees had been painted in, the foreground was much too dark so I went in with a little bit of China white and painted in the birch tree trunks.

Then using opaque colours such as lemon yellow, cadmium yellow light, cadmium yellow deep and cadmium red light I painted in the brightly coloured yellows and oranges of the leaves.

This original 5" x 6" watercolour when framed will be available for $130.00.