A fall garden, plein air
October 17th, 2007
Fall Garden - 9 x 12 - oil on board
A little plein air painting at Huntington Gardens - in a fall mood. In the foreground: mexican bush sage, backed up by red amaranthus. The green clump was another sage but I don’t know the name of the plant with the yellow foliage. I’ll try to ID it on my next trip. The day was gray and overcast but it made the colors “pop” in comparison.
Tonight I had the great delight of watching watercolorist Fealing Lin paint a demo. Last month I saw her paint a landscape - this month, at a different art group meeting, she did a fantastic loose portrait. Seeing her use of color and wet-into-wet techniques was inspiring and made me want to reach for my palette.
So lively…the colors jump off the page at me which is such a nice compliment to the subject matter. Beautiful job.