August Skies

One Month

Two Scenes

Two views

Two Skies 

August Lake - Leslie Snider

Late Summer Day - Leslie Snider

The first, a calm and lush summer day with just a hint of autumn.

The second, a late summer storm is on the way.

Both pastels on 440 Uart paper 

using Sennelier, Richeson, Unison, Rembrandt pastels.

Any questions...I'm here.

Light in the Undergrowth - pastel

Light in the undergrowth

This pastel was inspired by a series of photos 

I'd taken of light 

filtered through the spring woods

onto the forest floor.

Inspired by Van Gogh

As the temperature hovers near freezing in southern Ontario,

 I'm organizing 

(in the coziness of the studio)

that huge stock of photos 

I've accumulated over the last few months.

This springtime snap reminded me of a Van Gogh oil....

It is the pattern of filtered light and dark shadows

 that drew me to the composition.

I thought I could make the dark trunk balance with the bright whites of the trilliums 

scattered in the shadows at the base of the tree.

Trilliums are most abundant  in the rich composted soil 

at the base of mature deciduous trees.