Autumn in greyscale by Jenny Harris

Autumn in greyscale
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Looks great Jenny. Can't we see the colour one?

Hi Carole, thanks for the comment. I've washed off the original painting because I disliked it so much, but will convert this digital image back to colour and post it again so you can see it.

this illustrates your control over the tonal work lovely work Jenny

It’s well thought out Jenny. But does not seem to hold ones attention. Maybe an owl sitting in the trees, badger, or fox waking through would hold attention.

Thanks, David and John! (John, yes, I see what you mean, although if I'd been planning this as a monochrome I would probably have thought more about a focal point.)

I remember seeing this in colour and liked it very much, this looks good too!

Thanks, Margaret!

Many thanks, Margaret!

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23/09/2018
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I recently posted a colour version of this but deleted it because I wasn't happy with the colours which seemed to override the pattern of the trees. Tried converting it to greyscale and am much happier with this version - may do it again in ink resist (which is what I'd initially intended before getting carried away with the colour.)

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Jenny Harris

I paint mainly in watercolour, often including other media such as pen and ink, pastel or collage. My main interest is in colour and design and most of my work is quite stylised and often illustrative. I enjoy experimenting with acrylic inks, particularly using cling film to create texture, and…

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