My work on the snowberries is done ... or ... a lot of work for a small painting

Since the last post, I started to add the shadows ...

...  and worked on the leaves

This picks up the warmth better ...

... and this one gives a better idea of the greens, but [again] neither one is like the real thing.

The colors I used throughout the snowberries painting were aureolin, quin. gold, quin. sienna and phthalo blue.  All was done wet-in-wet, with a bit of direct painting and some softening and lifting.

The framable size is  8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.  or   22 x 22 cm.
If you love it, and can't live without it, the painting is available.

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Another "Seasonal" Work in Progress ... Snowberries

I've masked the foreground image. I use quin. siena, aureolin and phthalo green in a w/w wash, dropping on the pigment.  Then I put on some saran wrap to get a pattern.  You can vaguely see some of the pattern under the later green washes of phthalo blue, quin. gold and quin. siena.
The painting is on Arches 300 lb. CP, and the size is 9 x 9 inches.

I've done a lot of darkening washes with quin. siena mixed with phthalo blue.

Now  starting the leaves ...

The snowberry is a bush that grows wild here in wooded areas. In September, it puts out small white puffball-type berries the size of the end of your thumb. They are very striking against the rich, dark green foliage.

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