Day 9: more leaves

autumn leaves painting
Autumn leaves on canvas, 20 x 20 cm, oil on canvas, ©2011 Julie Galante. [SOLD

These leaf paintings have become almost meditative to make. This one is on canvas, whereas the first two were on canvas board. I wanted to see whether the technique (spreading on thick paint and then using the palette knife to sketch in the outlines and veins) would work as well on a soft surface. It worked out better than I expected.

I think this will be my last leaf painting for now. Time to look around for the next still life subject.

November is Art Every Day Month! I’ll be posting a new small painting here each and every day. 

7 thoughts on “Day 9: more leaves”

  1. I am really loving all your leaf paintings. It might be an interesting study in color to paint the same handfull of leaves every few days as they dry out and change color. I love some of the more muted browns in this layout. I think we sometimes don’t give enough credit to the brown and dark leaves for letting the more spectacular colored ones really pop.

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  2. Thank you all so much! I love the reception my leaves are getting.

    @Eden – That’s a great idea. I have kept a couple leaves from the first painting and they are quite different now – in texture more than anything else. I love the forms they have taken on.

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