Still drying on my easel, this painting is about to be completed. It's been a journey outside my comfort zone, using a very intense color of rose for the underpainting. Working with that undertone to provide warmth. but challenging to also give a sense of daylight waning.
My inspiration/reference photo came from an early evening walk along a canal in Idaho. It's interesting to me that much of farming there (not at all like here in the midwest where I live) is dependent on the canals along the fields to water and irrigate. There was a pathway alongside, which really was a little bigger than a foot path.
Color is an area where I'm exploring and growing artistically. I've gotten a little bored with my very faithful to nature color use, and found that using brighter, more vibrant color is exciting to my eye.
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