November, Ranmore Surrey by David Monk
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This was painted in Jacksons artist quality oils last autumn in the same woodland as the spring painting previously posted. The colours are very vivid in early November (in a normal year!) so I did not spare the reds and golds. I usually try to capture this type of woodland scene with some bright dappled sunshine otherwise it can seem quite dull. In this case the reference was a pencil sketch and a few digital photos but I have moved around, added and deleted various features to help the composition. Quite a lot of the painting resulted from memory since photos never do justice to colours and tonal values. I considered putting in a figure at the end of the path but decided there was enough interest in the composition already
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