November landscape

(C) 2017 Dale DiMauro

Usually I find the everyday or common landscape to be the most inspiring. Great landmarks draw a lot of people and require travel time. Plus if you have an eye for it, you can capture a local scene from unusual angles which can make the subject fresh.

This is a watercolor I worked on two falls ago. I like that there is essentially an absence of color. The starkness of the landscape, for me, depicts the time of year when the structure of the land reveals itself. With watercolor you can capture the mood and atmosphere like no other medium. There is a stillness or serene quality conveyed by the muted colors.

However, this is one of those pictures and there are not many which I question whether I am finished or not. I do believe a little more work is necessary in the foreground to strengthen the presence of the tangled growth in the lowland area which marks the edge of the field.