I finished this piece with oil paints. It was a challenge to create the illusion of budding leaves. Mixing only Cadmium Yellow Lemon and Lamp Black, I made three shades of yellow/green. I'm satisfied with the end result. 20x20 oil paint on stretched canvas.
I found out this was an oak tree - I asked one of my neighbors.
I decided to roughly draw the trunk and branches quickly with a watercolor pencil. I may add some more trees in the background or just "bulk" up the tree, and elongate the branches - decisions, decisions... Then I will continue with oil paints once this dries.
Moving to Illinois from Florida at the tail end of winter may have been poor timing on my part. I am always cold. The sun plays hide and seek. The WIND is beastly!
I love the lines of this barren tree. I admire it everytime I pass it by. I have no idea what kind of tree it is. I'll have to ask my neighbors.
This piece turned out to be a lot of messy fun! Acrylics on stretched 20x20 canvas
What if I mixed gel medium with acrylic paint(s) and applied it to the canvas with the back of a plastic spoon...flowers perhaps? This will require more experimentation.
Even though it’s cold and cloudy today, I prefer walking around Wildflower Lake to doing laps on an indoor track! In my defense, while walking around the lake, I was thinking about what more I could do on the painting sitting on my easel
