Autumn in Central Park Painting

As we are now officially in winter, I thought it was time to finish my Autumn in Central Park painting. It's based on a photo I posted a couple of months ago that I took on 5th Avenue looking toward Central Park, somewhere between 99th and 108th Streets in a moving bus on my way to work. Here's the photo. Below is the first day I started my painting. Here's a look at the completed painting. It's a diptych comprised of 2 12" by 12" panels painted with acrylics. There is a little dripped candle wax under a few of the leaves, and 2 pieces of real bark integrated into the picture. The foreground of the picture includes some crushed red rock from Sedona along with some crushed Sedona turquoise. Hidden in the painting are two pieces of sea glass and one heart stone from Sedona. Also flying around are some birds that you may be able to find. I've also painted the sides, top and bottom of the paintings to form a continuous scene no matter which way you look at the painting. And, as I saw some finishing touches I wanted to make, I used the first thing I could find to mix some paint. Here's my latest palette. It's better than finger painting, lots of fun, and really worked well to get the shades I needed.

Two Posts in One: My Bronx Painting and My Central Park Landscape

I'm happy to say I've completed my Bronx street scene painting. It's based on a photo I took while riding on the express bus to work. Something just clicked- in addition to the camera. The painting is on a 14" by 14" canvas, with acrylic paint used for the majority of the painting. There are a few lines made with sharpie markers,and a couple of small prints of photos I've taken for the signs and the back two buildings on the left. Although there are only a few small sections of graffiti on the painting,(in addition to one of the sides) I had fun practicing making graffiti- definitely not as easy as I had thought. New Painting in Process: Last night I started my last painting that I'll be working on in my art class, with just one session to go. It is based on a photo I took of Central Park from Fifth Avenue, also from the bus on my way to work. This project is a diptych, one scene divided into paintings that work together. Each painting is on a 12" by 12" canvas, with acrylic paint.