Autumn Leaves 2
I’ve always loved the colours of autumn and wanted to express this in a picture that celebrated those wonderful golden hues.
In autumn we tend to look at the trees and landscape as a whole and perhaps forget that it’s individual leaves that’s giving us this wonderful show of colour.
I’ve used the Maple leaf simply because of its distinctive shape and also Maple turns so many different and vibrant colours during its transition.
I wanted the picture to have a randomness appearance relating to the position of the leaves so that some would appear to be falling while others would appear to be blown around by the wind.
I drew various shapes and sizes and then made stencils to produced thirty-two individual leaf shapes. These were used to construct the design and composition using acrylic paint to give me the basic colour overlay.
In autumn we tend to look at the trees and landscape as a whole and perhaps forget that it’s individual leaves that’s giving us this wonderful show of colour.
I’ve used the Maple leaf simply because of its distinctive shape and also Maple turns so many different and vibrant colours during its transition.
I wanted the picture to have a randomness appearance relating to the position of the leaves so that some would appear to be falling while others would appear to be blown around by the wind.
I drew various shapes and sizes and then made stencils to produced thirty-two individual leaf shapes. These were used to construct the design and composition using acrylic paint to give me the basic colour overlay.
This 'master' was then photographed which allowed me to put shading and edging detail to many of the individual leaves using digital processing, it also allowed me to use layering to build up the density and to intensify the detail in the leaves toward the bottom which gives the picture a more stable foundation.
The black background is a digital process and is there for two reasons, firstly to produce a contrast against the different colours of the leaves, and secondly, with no background the viewer’s attention is directed to the detail in the leaves, however for this effect to work the background needs to be totally matt and featureless, and this can only be achieved using digital processing.
I’m delighted with this picture, it encapsulates all that I wanted to express; it’s vibrant, it has movement, it has intricate details, subtle shadings, a suggestion of perspective, and a fresh abstract quality that make it a pleasure to look at every time you do.
This picture took a few weeks to complete, and I sincerely hope you like the result.
Barry Moore
The black background is a digital process and is there for two reasons, firstly to produce a contrast against the different colours of the leaves, and secondly, with no background the viewer’s attention is directed to the detail in the leaves, however for this effect to work the background needs to be totally matt and featureless, and this can only be achieved using digital processing.
I’m delighted with this picture, it encapsulates all that I wanted to express; it’s vibrant, it has movement, it has intricate details, subtle shadings, a suggestion of perspective, and a fresh abstract quality that make it a pleasure to look at every time you do.
This picture took a few weeks to complete, and I sincerely hope you like the result.
Barry Moore