So I loaded my supplies in the van and headed out. Much to my surprise, as I turned south off Lanam Ridge and headed downhill, the snow all disappeared! Not a bit left anywhere! I drove all the way over to the park hoping to find snow in the hollers but, alas, nothing! Seems Lanam Ridge was the dividing line between snow and no snow! So I turned around and headed back to paint in Yellowwood State Forest which did not disappoint.
Not a lot of snow on the ground but some and it continued snowing most of the afternoon. Not the big fluffy stuff but the small, hard, snow pellets fell steadily and necessitated the use of the umbrella to keep the snow from gumming up my paint palette. The scarf hanging on the tree branch during set up was wrapped around my face as I continued to paint! Standing to paint for long periods can be bone chilling even when the temperatures hover in the mid-thirties. Compared to the days when temps were closer to 20, this was downright balmy!
I started with the darks of the creek banks and then moved to the more delicate colors of winter. The pale salmon colored beech leaves, the receding hills and trees in the distance, and the blue green shale of the creek are all rendered with a sensitive eye and hand.The creek itself is a mix of cerulean blue, cadmium yellow, and cadmium red light and cadmium red medium with titanium white.
I work back and forth between the foreground and background, popping in the falling snow that was building up on some tree branches creating delicate tendrils snaking through the trees. Here is the finished painting:
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Happy trails!
Charlene
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