Winter Scenes

I've finally succumbed to winter.......with a a couple of  sketches........ 

the first two on coloured drawing paper with pastel pencil/pastel.

Winter Scene -  Leslie Snider

Broken - Leslie Snider

This last a pastel on Uart400 paper.

Leslie Snider  - Winter

 

Capturing a Mood

October seems to have disappeared rather quickly 

 with rapid changes in the weather 

from warm and balmy to cool and crisp.

The fall colours were late....my favourite maple

 peaking a few days after Thanksgiving 

rather than on the holiday 

as I've come to expect.

Autumn Pastel 2016 Leslie Snider

In this first pastel, 

I'm trying to capture 

the illusive early days of fall

where the light is soft 

and colours are just beginning to  change.

Autumn Pastel 2016 Leslie Snider

 In this second pastel 

the light is bright and sharp,

the leaf colours at their most intense.

Last of Winter

The Old Willow - Lemoine Point - Leslie Snider

 

Last year winter

 refused to leave us.

I took the following photo 

at Lemoine Point, Kingston.

It was early morning,

fog enveloped the trees and snow covered ground

as the morning sun warmed the air.

The pastel

  at the beginning of this post

 is an old willow wreathed in snow and fog.

It was based on photos from that same day.

Winter Trees

Hanging On  - Pastel - Leslie Snider

 

 

 

A winter walk in Lemoine Point, Kingston looks like this,

The leaves of a young maple stubbornly refusing to drop.

The moody scene inspired my pastel.