11 x 14" Oil
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The trees are just beginning to change; however, I'm not sure if this is due to the quickly approaching Fall season, or if these early whispers of autumn are actually a result of the current drought we are experiencing in this part of Ohio. What do you think?
When I looked out across the channel toward the lake,
my eyes were particularly drawn to the colors of the leaves on the far trees.
I saw touches of orange!
I've been noticing these changes where we live also.
So, I mixed these colors: several greens,
some sky & water colors: blue and pale yellow
AND some of that orange I was seeing!
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As I normally do, I started with a photo of the scene
overlaid with grid lines and the 4 dots to indicate where those grid lines crossed.
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As I began applying these mixes.
my intention was to emphasize those lovely trees, and to
purposefully downplay the sky and water.
So, I used a bit more detail in the trees, but softened every other part of this painting.
I heard a bunch of commotion and looked over at Dennis,
wondering if he had caught something.
Sure enough, he had pulled in a huge catfish.
They can get really large in this lake!
I smiled and said, "Whoa! He's huge!"
We don't typically like to eat them; however, so
I said, "I'm sure that was a fun catch, but, just throw him back."
Assuming he did that, I continued to paint.
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At this point you can see how the colors began to interact on my palette.
They can get a bit messy, but that's
the nature of painting.
Messy doesn't bother me!
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By this time, I had been painting about 1 and 1/2 hours
and although the temperature was only 71,
the sun was hitting me directly,
and I needed to go turn the AC on
in the car. So I quickly finished this painting,
scraped my signature into the paint,
took a photo of it, and packed up my
painting gear, and did just that.
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EARLY AUTUMN ON PEW ISLAND
began to say what I wanted to portray.
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AND
"The One That Got Away?"
Well, on the way home, Dennis said,
"Something strange happened while I was fishing."
Thinking in my mind
"What could possibly happen that would be strange while fishing?
I mean fishing is fishing, right?"
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He went on to tell me that he had put
that big cat on a stringer anyway,
considering bringing it home.
You guessed it......that huge, strong catfish
pulled the stringer knot and ran away
with the stringer!
All gone.
The one that got away!
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Hope you enjoyed this little adventure we had.
Please leave your comments below!
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Until next time,
have a great week.
God bless you!
Donna
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