Last year I had a watercolour painting (which I have not blogged about yet) in the local Art in the County juried exhibit which won both Honourable Mention and People's Choice awards. As a consequence of the latter award, the organizers asked me to provide a piece for this year's silent auction, so I rummaged through my photo ref that I took while driving around Prince Edward County last summer and painted the picture above. In fact, I just finished it last night and it's still wet, so we'll see if the recent heat keeps up to help it dry before the show opens on 16 June...
Entirely coincidentally, I've submitted a larger painting (Tractor and Barn, which I finished last fall) for the AITC show proper --so if that one gets in, could it be considered...barn storming?
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It looks to me like you painted a lot of the sky after you had some of the trees color laid down. How satisfying a way to poke holes in your foliage! Well done.
Thanks, Lumi, that's exactly what I did.
I'd seen other painters "poke holes" in foliage and wanted to try it myself. It works great if you're putting light over dark (sky over leaves, for example).
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