Second Time Around 2014-W46

I'm not sure exactly why, but I seldom will do anything to a painting after the first session. Perhaps I'm lazy. Artists who paint in Acrylic or Oil can and often do rework portions of their paintings, whether fiddling with details or wholesale paint-out and do-over. We who suffer with watercolor accept that watercolor is difficult to alter once you lay it down.

Nevertheless, I wasn't so satisfied with my painting from two weeks back and so today I tried to address some shortcomings without leaving it overwrought. You can join me as I wonder whether I succeeded. Either way, I have had enough and no doubt that this is its final form!

Essential Autumn

Natural Horror 2014-W44

Normally I would have painted my annual Paintbox of Horror entry for today, but wasn't able to prepare sufficiently.  I hope to have it ready for you next week though.

Meanwhile, we had a different sort of horror in the form of the weather that Mother Nature sent our way yesterday.  One of the coldest most blustery autumn days I've ever seen, and although I got home without too much bother, my heart was breaking for the children who watched their Halloween blow away in the wind.

Essence of Autumn

I had no trick-or-treaters and only saw a couple plucky youngsters with even pluckier parents make the effort.  Next year I think I must hand out full size candy bars to help atone.  But in happier news...

Our chummy Salon deWinchester painted today for the first time since June — although we have met socially so we didn't have to spend the entire time yakking.  Artwise I revisited a subject I painted a five or six years ago.

I was walking up Damen Avenue in October and noticed a tree that seemed to have all the summer and fall colors on a single branch.  The original painting is to the right and today I reinterpreted it as below.  I'll check tomorrow to see if that poor tree has any leaves left after yesterday!

Essential Autumn