"Fall Lineup"
6"x8"
Oil on RayMar Canvas
I was driving back to the home where I grew up to pick up my Dad for our weekly Sunday night dinner when I saw these pumpkins lined up on the porch rail of a neighbor's house. I couldn't help myself.. I just loved the complementary colors and the way the pumpkins faded into the dark of the porch.
I always carry a camera with me, so I stopped the car and walked up to the porch and took a few photos. Yesterday I sat down to paint using several of the photos as references.
I started with a small canvas toned with grey gesso and black acrylic. The shadows from the tree in the yard were falling across the blue wooden slats of the porch and across the pumpkins. The light didn't reach back toward the porch area so as I painted the pumpkins, I wanted them to look like they were emerging from darkness.
I loved working on this little painting.. trying to watch my values and make the form read "round". I wonder if my Dad saw these pumpkins as they sat on his neighbor's porch. Happy Fall!
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