Sepia: a brownish-gray to dark olive-brown color.
Oak, beech and maple with 'toes' clutching the hillside.
The brook beside the lane--swollen with snow melt.
Oak leaves in the roadside hedgerow.
'Gumballs' on a sweet gum tree--stark against a pewter sky.
Spruce and pine huddled against the treeline--somber color on a pale sky afternoon.
Clematis seed head.
That first photo almost looks like a pastel painting to me. Such lovely muted colors. Love the clematis seed head, very artistic.
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Rainey; I didn't realize until I loaded the photos onto my PC how misty and subdued the landscape was looking.
DeleteWonderful scenes on a winter's day! I do love the soft colors of the landscape this time of year. It gives me inspiration for paint colors and decorating. I like the 'tree toes'!
ReplyDeleteKaren; I suspect that the inspiration for great art, home design--needlework--all sorts of 'decorating'over the centuries must have come from a view of nature. Even the quiet 'dull' colors of winter have their place. I love the shapes of trees without their leaves.
DeleteVery beautiful the muted colours but try and capture them in a patchwork design and you would have problems.
ReplyDeleteThelma; Several years ago a few of the quilt magazines I subscribed to at the time featured quilts done in muted shades, the patchwork design being mostly lost in the subtle coloration--I don't think they caught on!
DeletePainting a large room with several shades of a pale color seems to work well.
Those are very restful tones - very January! When we were driving home today, the sun came out and against a pewter sky, the different colours and hues of the winter trees showed up like they were a Pre-Raphaelite painting. I just wish I could have taken photos and then come home and tried to paint them. SO beautiful. A tree clad in rain-soaked ivy looking as if it was bedecked with the darkest emeralds sparkling in the light.
ReplyDeleteJennie; I think of these mid-winter days as a chance to see forms and outlines which are often mostly hidden when foliage and flowers are present. One does have to practice looking 'up' rather than down at the mud or slush underfoot! We seem to be programmed to appreciate sunlight and feel gloomy if the sky is overcast.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could sketch or paint--I can only work with color in fabric or try to find words to describe what I see.