Red Leaves (Oil Bar Painting as of Sept. 29, 2013)

Red Leaves (Oil Bar Painting in Progress as of Sept. 29, 2013), a photo by randubnick on Flickr.

I have been working on a small (8 x 10") oil bar painting of red leaves, roughly based on one of photos. (The reference photo is posted here September 25.) So this is my painting in progress as it looked a few days ago (September 29), when I added some touches of yellow, using my reference photo as a guide for placement. At this point, the yellow seems quite prominent, but that is because I really haven't put a lot of red paint down on those red leaves. But at this point, I am using the little touches of yellow to help me see where I am in the composition. I will dial the yellow back a bit later. . . .