I am joining in with Nicole's link up Sunday in the art room
As my readers know I am new to painting so I am a beginner and just exploring in hopes of getting better.
My first two attempts were bad-haha-However for the first time I loved my sky and lake-but when I tried to paint the sunrise-which we enjoy every morning here over the lake-what a disaster I was sad about that one. My second attempt was even worse.
So I am up early this very cold morning (11 degrees F) and thought I would attempt a winter scene. My inspiration came from a photo in the Missouri conservation magazine-the scene looked exactly like a spot at our woods property.
I used watercolors I may come back and update with a better photo
When we first moved to Missouri I did not know that oak trees keep their leaves through the winter-the spring leaves push them off in the spring. (for better viewing click to enlarge)
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Nice winter scene Kathy. And I love your mention of the oak leaves. The oaks lose theirs here in New Hampshire, but not until late-like November. They must be different species or else the overall climate makes them act slightly different. Hope you're having a nice weekend hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThank you Erika, I grew up in northern Indiana and I was not around oak trees much mostly maples-so that was new to me about the leaves staying on
Deletewe are soooo cold here right now-I wish the woodstove here was useable hugs
Nice work Kathy and thanks for tgat fact on oak leaves -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeletethank you and you are welcome
DeleteYou are doing a much better job than I ever could do. Live Oaks in the South do not lose their leaves. Our Oak trees here in Michigan and the North do lose their leaves. Janice
ReplyDeleteGood morning-thanks about the oak leaves-that makes sense since we usually have much warmer fall and winters here. thanks about my painting. I need search how to paint a sunrise
DeleteI think winter scenes are hard to paint so well done! We often see oak leaves in the winter here. Wonder if it's a climate/altitude thing.
ReplyDeleteNo I looked it up when I noticed this in Missouri and it's what a lot of the oak leaves do Thank you about my painting
DeleteYou've certainly caught the feel of bare wintry tree branches and dead grass poking up through snow! It's very exciting to begin a new art journey -- have fun!
ReplyDeleteThank you Debra
DeleteNice Kathy! Light to dark is what it looks like you did with sky first, grass, then trees.Thats the rule I’ve learned. Keep going!
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara
DeleteI wonder if all oak trees are like that ... but i see it often around here too.. Very nice painting Kathy.. Love the bare limbs in Winter and the grass.. I'm sorry about the trouble with your other paintings.. frustrating i know.. I think i'll make some Valentine cards this year... or at least i've thought of it soon enough...lol Stay warm my friend!! Hugs! deb PS. We've had some COLD for us weather.. down to 20F last night... curious when your cold like that for as long as you are how do you keep your pipes from freezing? do you leave your faucets dripping?? or maybe everything is insulated enough to not worry about it?
ReplyDeleteGood morning, in this house the pipes etc are mostly underground in the basement-so we have not had issues here with frozen pipes as we did at the woods house. there I did have all faucets with one drip when it was this cold.
DeleteI usually like to make something for Valentine's too for my slow mail friends-but some of my friends have yet to receive their christmas postcards so not sure-unless I included with a letter.
I should search out oak trees and see what I find out-hugs
Yeah i could see you being leery about sending out PostCards... I used to do alot of PostCards... I have a whole wall filled with PostCards i had received over the years...but after several not reaching their destinations and getting messed up in the mail.. i started putting them in envelopes.. and then i just decided they looked just as well as cards... Alot of our pipes are actually up in the attic...! If its gonna stay down in the low 20's for any length of time i'll drip...
DeleteKathy you are doing beautifully. Save all of your art so later you can compare. You will be amazed at how fast you can improve. It's all about practice and persistence. Personally I love your winter scene. Watercolor is a difficult medium to work with but you captured the grasses, trees and it feels like winter. Thank you for sharing with Sunday in the Art Room. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Nicole-I appreciate the encouragement
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