Red Leaves (Oil Bar Painting as of October 15, 2013)

Red Leaves (Oil Bar Painting as of October 15, 2013), a photo by randubnick on Flickr.

I worked on this painting again this morning. This is oil bar on a small (8 x 10 inch) canvas. I am using one of my photos as a reference (posted here September 25), though I am not trying for 'exact resemblance'. Today I used some smaller brushes to define and straighten out some lines. I also modified the composition, changing the position of some of the leaves. Then I added red to the leaf veins, and that is about all I had time to do. I am still thinking about the background. . . .