Seasonal Changes

Across the Fields -  Summer  - Leslie Snider

Across the Fields -  Autumn  - Leslie Snider

Dry Spell

It definitely has become 

one of those long,hot,summers.....

another heat warning......

grasses parched 

and the ground rock hard....

 the lake is irresistible......

Even here the white, hot, heat

 of the midday sun penetrates

and drains colour

 from water and foliage. 

The River's Edge  - pastel - Leslie Snider

February Challenge

As part of a (Wet Canvas)challenge, 

I've been thinking about combining warm and cool colours

 within my painting.

Lemoine Point _Leslie Snider

In this previous example

 the colour scheme is analogous.

You will find all the colours used along one side of the wheel.

Red tint (pink), Blue (turquoise blue tint), purple (black purple tone).

 

In this example 

(heavily influenced by Tom Thomson)😇

I've been more adventurous with colour 

and chosen a wider range of colours 

as well as the purer form of colour.

(Colour choices marked with stars on the wheel.)

Leslie Snider - pastel

It was a fun challenge and introduced ideas worth exploring😄

Sky Variations

This time of year

I have my morning coffee 

while watching the sun rise 

over the woods behind my house.

It's surprising the tremendous 

variety of colour in the dawn sky.

But you must be quick,

the colour dissipates

in a flash!

This first, was an unpromising,

 cool, gray morning 

until the sun began to rise 

over the tree line.

Dawn 2017-03 Leslie Snider

This second example

is based on photos 

taken of Lake Ontario.

In my part of the world

 the only place 

one gets an unobstructed

 view of the sky.

Overnight a storm 

had passed over the lake 

and the dawn light 

had an eerie quality.

Morning after the Storm 2017 Leslie Snider

Variations - Colour

In this latest pastel 

the sun rising behind a dense line of trees

 cast a brilliant glow onto an otherwise 

rather muted marsh.

I enjoyed the colour scheme so much

 I used it again for another view of the same area.

(I have only identified specific colours 

 as the others could easily be varied.)

This time a quick sketch 

while thinking about capturing 

a more spontaneous mood.

 

Spring Photography Trip

We've just returned from our annual spring trip

 to Presqui'le Provincial Park 

and these two views 

illustrate the panorama from our campsite.

The photos were stitched together

 from about 8 shots

I took with my handheld digital camera.

You can see how they overlap 

top right with bottom left.

Here (if you peer at the bottom of the photo)

 you can just see our RV on the site

 the setting sun to our right.

This year lots of photo opportunities.

Water as well as skies.

Wildlife

 Some I was anxious to get closer to.

Some I wanted to avoid.

Some surprised wildlife...

barely visible across the field.

Each year is different ..

I never fail to be fascinated 

with what gems I might discover!