Painting of a misty autumn morning in the country

Description

The misty autumn morning is my favorite part of fall here in the Ozarks. I love the way the mist unfurls into the valley to shroud the hills with transparent caresses. Some years the colors are better than others, but it is always my favorite time of year.

Details about the Original Work

Title: Ozarks on a Misty Autumn Morning
Size: 10 x 10″
Media: handmade oils
Substrate: wood cradle board
Pigment source: soot, sandstone, magnetite, indigo, thyme lake, lapis, and titanium

Reference photo is mine.

A favorite spot, a favorite light

This location is near our mailboxes, the photo is from several years ago. It’s early autumn, probably in October.

Click here to see the progression from start to finish.

The Pigments

My paints are all handmade. Everything except white and blue are local pigments, and were foraged or grown here at Wild Ozark. These earthy colors lend themselves well to painting scenes of late summer and autumn, and most of the wildlife feature the same rust, browns, earthy yellows and blacks, too.

• sandstones in various shades (red, orange, brown, yellow, greenish, tan, purplish) all yield earthy tones
• dark gray shale from the creek
• garden thyme makes a lightfast yellow
• charred bone, antler and soot make excellent blacks

The white (titanium dioxide) and blue (lapis lazuli) that I have to outsource arrive as powders that I make into paint.