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Autumn vineyards in oil

Last year was my fisrt season of painting the vineyards in Provence in autumn. I love the colours of the vines in fall, it is so atmospheric and I try to convey that feelng through my paintings. I can hardly wait for this years autumn paintings, but for now I enjoy the last summer days.

My artwork is for sale on my website, Ronellsart.

Autumn vineyard 1, oil on board, 24×35 cm

Autumn vineyard 2, oil on board, 24×35 cm

Autumn vineyard 3, oil on board, 24x35cm

Autumn vineyard 4, oil on board, 24×35 cm

Autumn vineyard 5, oil on board, 24×35 cm

Autumn vineyard 6, oil on board, 24×35 cm

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Autumn trees.

We are having a lot of rain, which results in the trees losing their leaves fast. The yellows in the trees and carpets on the ground are just too beautiful to pass up and an overcast day is perfect for capturing the contrasts.

Autumn trees.

Oil on board, 35x24cm

Available on my website.

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La Dordogne and a walnut grove: catching autumn colours 4.

The Dordogne is such a beautiful river and with the walnut groves just beside it makes for magnificent scenery, especially in October with its multitude of colour.

I am still doing landscapes “the new way”;, although I am beginning to think it isn’t the real me. My sketches are much more loose and more spontaneous, albeit not always pretty and correct. But it is me. The landscape sketches I am doing lately feels more like small paintings done in sketchbooks. They are much more detailed and take much longer than my usual way of sketching. I am still enjoying it though. Maybe I will find that golden median between sketching like this and my usual style..

..la Dordogne in October

watercolour and pencil in A4 sketchbook

la dordogne0001..walnut grove..

watercolour and pencil in A4 sketchbook

Walnut grove..à la prochaine..

Ronelle

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Urban sketches in Beaulieu.

Below are two sketches I did from the car. I don’t often sketch from inside the car…somehow I am uncomfortable and the window is in my way. But I suppose everything just need to be done regularly and it will become habit. In bad weather it definitely is an advantage to sketch from inside the car.

..parked cars in Beaulieu sur Dordogne..

pencil and watercolor in Daler & rowney sketchbook, A5

hotel beaulieu voitures

..hotel in Beaulieu sur dordogne..

pencil and watercolour in Sketchbook, A4

hotel beaulieu

à la prochaine

Ronelle

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A vinyeard and a valley..catching autumn colours 3.

I am having so much fun with these landscape sketches. Making a lot of mistakes, but every now and then, there is a successful stroke or a colour or a line and then I can burst with excitement. Most of these sketches are greens. Our hills are very green and at the moment, all shades of greens and yellows. the moire I sketch, the moire I experiment with green and the more confident I become in mixing greens. where I have always mixed my greens on the paper, I have now switched to mixing puddles of greens on my palette…as I say…I am just having fun!

..Puy d’Arnac..

watercolour and pencil in sketchbook A4

Puy d'Arnac..vineyard in Nonard..

watercolour and pencil in sketchbook A4

vignobles nonard 2à la prochaine

Ronelle

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Landscape sketches, catching autum colours 2.

I am working hard on landscapes in watercolour. And October is just getting more and more beautiful by the day. I am almost hyperventilating, fearing that I won’t be able to gt enough sketches and paintings done before autumn moves into winter.

Les vaches

watercolor and pencil in watercolour sketchbook21X29.7cm

les cacheswood ferns

watercolor and pencil in watercolour sketchbook21X29.7cm

autumn wood fernsUntil next time

Ronelle