Master Painters of the World 73The Golden Season, pastel, 12 x 16" (30 x 40 cm)
The warm colors of autumn draw me to paint such scenes. To keep bushes, trees and rocks
from looking fl at, I add a darker side so they appear as three-dimensional forms. To keep
trees from looking stiff , symmetrical and pruned, I paint in fl oating clusters of leaves that
dangle slightly away from the main foliage. A toothy paper lets me indicate the texture of
grasses. The rocky cliff s seem to recede into the background because they are a diff erent
value than the trees in the middle ground. The waterfall forms a lazy “S” visual movement.