I have always enjoyed the abstract quality of working with watercolor. Putting down the colors and letting them mix randomly on paper is what I love best.
However, working in oil presents a bigger challenge because you have to apply the paint more directly than with a watercolor medium.
I had some luck with this small oil painting of an autumn tree. Lots of paint, mixing on the canvas and random brushstrokes gave me more of an abstract quality with just enough impressionism to satisfy me.
Below is the finished 10" x 8" oil painting of one of my favorite autumn trees.
"Finally Fall"
Krys Pettit
Oil on canvas panel, 10"H x 8"W
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