Tonal Study

 

Tonal Study done with limited colors, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, raw umber, burnt umber, sienna, white. Not sure if I really used any white. I was inspired by an online video from Nial Adams (bottom photo was my original).  Then I couldn't decide what to finish the painting with. I looked across the street in the evening and I've always admired the tree there no matter what season, so I painted the winter branches and fence, then added more bare branches. I'm letting this dry before I do any more details.

Oil painting on 12" X 16" canvas board.

At the gallery

 

I'm proud that two of my paintings were included in this gallery show. The exhibit will be up for the month of March. The Avianne gallery is moving to a new location in April, but the owner is waiting to announce it when the construction is finished. I am excited knowing that the new place will be accessible and my friends will be able to go there. The current location is up a flight of stairs (no elevator). That limits some of my friends and even I don't like stairs any more. Here are better images of the two paintings in the show: Monarch amid the mums and Spring flowers at Grace Church.