Painting fall colors in watercolor can be challenging. The colors are so intense and the saturation of pigment is important as in watercolor the colors want to bleed into the surrounding areas. However, you also want that wet wash to give you that fresh feeling that only watercolor can provide.
I took a bold chance and tried to see what I could do with this scene in watercolor. I dropped in more pigmentation before the surface dried and even then it was not enough. Brilliant orange and cadmium red were the pigments I used to try to portray the red hillside.
The setting sun made the foliage and hill look almost electric. This energy caught my eye when I drove by the Retreat Meadows. It made me pull over, park my car and run down and capture the scene with my camera before the light changed.
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