Golden Willows.

Goodness gracious me. Autumn is upon us! Suddenly, over the past week, while I've been concentrating on "Miss Otago" the willows that line the banks of the Maitai River have turned golden.

I realised that the mornings are cooler with occasional heavy dew, and the days are definitely shorter, but it has still come as a bit of a surprise that autumn Is not just around the corner, but is coming down the street towards us.

As a plein air painter this is marvellous. I move my standard palette from cadmium yellow pale to cadmium yellow medium, and prepare to add cadmium red medium as well. Burnt Sienna and yellow ochre will also make their appearance. I love the warm colours of autumn, after all the bright greens of summer.

I really enjoyed painting this one today.



15048. "Golden Willows". Oil on panel. 8x10 in. $150

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