Hydrangea Greens

This is rhe last of the season(famous last words) Trying to match one for my daughter-in-law, to a peony painting done last spring.

We have no painting class today because of rain. This will be the last one of 2010. It's always a great thing to look forward to.

Anemones

This little painting was done before the big anemone canvas. Had a lot of fun with these. They are so delicate looking but appear at a tough time of year. Frost can affect them any night and theykeep displaying their glory till then.

Fall Hydrangea-Blue

There is a wealth of colour in the end of season hydrangea plants. Leaves and blossoms are giving a final gasp of beauty before the winter. It is well worth the effort to look at what's left of the shrubs and perennials-especially the grasses and admire the lovely shapes and colours that appear in this season. The landscape is not dull-still vibrant and there for us to enjoy!

Fall Hydrangea

The fall hydrangea leaves are a thing of beauty. The colours of the almost spent blossoms are hard to catch.

Minter Gardens Anemones

This is a largish painting done from a photograph of anemones taken on a trip to B.C. this fall. They are such a beautiful flower.catching our eye in the garden because of their late fall glory!

Fletcher Creek Conservation Area

Does this give the impression of wind and cold? Took the painting and worked on it last night. It had blown off the easel twice and got paint smeared all over it and everything else! The water in the pond had the blueness and clearness of the Caribbean. A fellow artist had her pastel picture end up with half of the it on her coat. Not quite what we were there for but maybe added to the ambience?

Art show and sale

Art show held at a home in Elora. It was fun but not much traffic.

Painted outside this afternoon. It was terribly windy and cold. My fingers were freezing. Hard to be inspired, whatever that is?

Will post the result when I am happier with it. It's pretty demoralizing when it's so cold and windy you just can't seem to do anything right.

Rock Wall #2

Here is the rock wall again, reworked. The colours on the computer aren't too great but the tree on the left has been removed and now we can see another part of the wall. Try to imagine the hands that collected these boulders-some of them huge. There must have been a good reason to separate the one field from the other even though this wall wouldn't have held any animals from straying. Now it is hidden amidst great old cedars, with the fresh new green from the younger trees hugging the wall and eventually will move it again!

Limestone Rock Wall

We've painted at this location a number of times and this old stone wall has often beckoned but because of the bugs or the light I left it for another time. Tuesday needed to be out of the wind and there were no bugs so tried to tackle this subject. The viewpoint from which I was painting was up a little higher so it looked down on the wall. Found it quite a challenge and it was Brrrrr! cold. Catherine the instructor suggested to remove the greenery on the left-will try that and show you the result.

Cedar

This painting was started last Tuesday before the heavy rainfall. The woods were gloomy and cold although I was protected from the wind. Still need to do some work in the upper areas of the painting. There did still seem to be a glow about the trees in this cedar grove!

Last Dhalias

Have a show tomorrow and have had little time to take pictures of some of the work. Will post some of the display tomorrow.

Late Fall Bulrushes

A close up of the exploding bulrushes which were definitely challenging me to get the right colour and impression. It felt like you would just have to blow on them and the seeds would disperse all over.

Cattails

T'was a beautiful day to be outside painting. Really enjoyed the experience even though this painting had some frustrating moments. The saying "time flies when you're having fun" was really true this afternoon.

Flowering Crab

I love working from the real thing, especially outside but at this time of year a photograph gives the time and opportunity to examine the subject carefully.

White Anenomes

These beauties graced our garden with their loveliness this fall. Late bloomers, they give you that needed punch when everything else is done. Too bad I have trouble spelling anenome and too bad the frost has finally finished them. Have a wonderful weekend and God Bless!

Distant Bush Paddy Green Road

This was my first painting on Tuesday afternoon. My hands got very cold even though the sun was shining. Pretty hard to stick with it. There was plenty of raw material for painting-lovely old maples and distant hills.

Before the Frost Hydrangeas

I worked from a photograph to paint these hydrangea heads. There are so many different tones of colour in the leaves and blossoms at this time of year.

Fall Hydrangeas

I took some pictures of the hydrangeas in late fall and the combined colour of the leaves and flowers are pretty wonderful! Just had to try and paint my impression in the comfort of my kitchen. No worry about cold fingers!

Sun through the trees in the fall

I made some changes to this maple painting to get the effect of the sun shining through the trees. I think it's better but wonder whether it would work as two paintings.