Glorious Autumn Leaves

debiriley03/10/201510/10/2015art, color, inspiration, photographycolor, color mixing, nature

Spring in Perth Australia and Autumn in America! Sometimes its hard to wrap my head around that even though its Spring here in Perth, the autumn leaves are turning their brilliant shades of orange, gold and scarlet elsewhere around the world.

A stunning array of orange colours abound in nearly every version I could possibly mix with my paints in this snippet of autumn foliage.

As I look, I wonder which paints I might use to get my orange shades. I think about the paint brands of Orange I might try. I could use Daniel Smith, Winsor and Newton, Maimeri, Sennelier, Holbien, Blockx, Graham, …

I can see blends of Cadmium Orange, Naples Yellow, Indian Yellow, Winsor Orange, Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet and many more in these few scattered leaves.

I find the contrast of deep blue with the orange especially appealing as the 2 colours are complementary pairs and enhance each other so well. Plus, Orange and Blue have always been my favourite colour duet.

Its a lovely colour, orange.

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10 thoughts on “Glorious Autumn Leaves”

taphian says:

03/10/2015 at 11:20 am

yes, that’s true, Debi, these colors are really wonderful. I’m sure you will make a nice painting out of it. Have a nice day, regards Mitza

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1. debiriley says:
  
  04/10/2015 at 6:05 am
  
  thank you kindly !! enjoy the weekend 🙂
  
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Laura (Createarteveryday) says:

03/10/2015 at 11:47 am

It is a lovely color, the under appreciated orange, and with blue….shazam! Thanks, Debi. 💛💛💛

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1. debiriley says:
  
  04/10/2015 at 6:06 am
  
  hi Laura! it sparked my creativity, needed to continue the orange theme 🙂
  
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Jodi says:

03/10/2015 at 11:58 am

oh the paints you must have! and I love hearing how your creative mind thinks. Happy Spring to you!

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1. debiriley says:
  
  04/10/2015 at 6:08 am
  
  Hey Jodi 🙂 thank you very much ! and an awesome autumn to you 🙂
  
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Sharon Mann says:

03/10/2015 at 10:28 pm

It’s hard to improve on nature, but Debi your translation of nature in your painting comes very close. Happy Spring to you!

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1. debiriley says:
  
  04/10/2015 at 6:11 am
  
  I must confess, Sharon, as I did not label it but the autumn leaves image was a photo I’d taken several weeks ago down the road… I did ‘process’ it and crop it and redesign it though 🙂
  
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Andrew Seal says:

06/10/2015 at 5:27 am

We’re just beginning to enjoy our glorious autumn colours so beautifully expressed in your photo today. Like you I will be attempting to capture those colours in the studio in the coming days after our inspiring walk yesterday in our Pacific Spirit Park.( http://wp.me/p3gSod-2Pp)

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1. debiriley says:
  
  06/10/2015 at 10:47 am
  
  autumn is great, its still warm -ish but not hot and the colours are just so lovely.
  
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