FF Leaves 1

In GA we found grandchildren throwing piles of oak leaves. After the rains many of those leaves were flattened and silhouetted on the sidewalks. That's when I noticed that I had never seen the likes of them anywhere here up north. To remember the different shapes I started giving them names. Finally I began looking them up and discovering the real names. Much fun.

KEEPING AT IT CHALLENGE "Photosynthesis Engines"

I'm off to A & B. Talk about X-zoned!

For a continuing challenge let's try a leaf--before they are all gone. A leaf, one of those marvels of Creation. Draw one, paint one, new and just off the tree, or old--"crisped and seer." Black & white, or splashed with color--paint, colored pencil, Crayolas. Do one leaf more than once. "Repeats." Take time to have a good look at one of God's most marvelous things, unstudied oft because he makes them available to us by the tens of thousands per glance. If you are still working on orange, incorporate it. Let's go a couple weeks, Till "Engine Saturday, November 7.

Octo Orange 3

Bottom: Same porch, less ghost, plus flag.
Middle: Orange sky-piece. It's good to have an interesting sky-piece. Even if you don't have one. Make one.
Top: Orange-range; Burnt Sienna and Cerulean Blue

FF Octo Orange: Porch Ghost & Pumpkin

KEEPING AT IT CHALLENGE "A Bit of Orange - 2"

Such short notice--let's keep going orange. Mayhap the Missing Reader will give it a shot--and stuff.

FF October Orange

Orange seems a hard color for the scanner. Even after I Gimped them, they aren't quit right.

The magical charm of watercolor is hard to replicate. Giglee can do it. A good aquarelle does have that stained glass quality with light bouncing off the white paper up through the layers. Can't seem to capture that on screen.

The peach is evidence of my problem. I keep going back to fiddle with it. Lost my original pure washes, especially in the shadow.

not my orange post yet

The shed and the turtle were done on tour - in Nebraska. Otherwise, some pexmiramentation with pencil and watercolor shading. Thanks for the watercolors, Dad!