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Just a bit of fun. I did this for a two hour challenge and completed it in one. Pastels on charcoal coloured Pastelmat 9.5x12”.

.. the drawing (sketch} or whatever holds all the power .. different coloring could take that a lot of different places.

Wayne, that's a lot to read into it! If you saw this property with its ancient trees, you might well conjure up such visions.

it's a nice rendering of a tall tale from youth when things held mystery.

Thanks, Ayin.

Love this, as I said in the other thread, wonderful light and shadow. ♥️

Thanks, Ayin.

Beautiful! Great shadows and light. ♥️

These tall flowers are growing right outside my art room window so I got the pastels out and worked on them over a few days at about the...

Those colors really pop!

9 x 12 inches .. oil on paper .. alla prima .. painted Aug 24/24

Thanks, Jo, Moscatel. Yes, many very fine old trees at the ranch and surrounding it are miles of open space district forests, old growth.

There's a special mood to this painting, very fine sun light is coming through the leaves and in between the tree trunks. Very well done!

Looks like you have some big old trees in that area. Love the shadows and composition.

Today's painting at Bell Ranch in Woodside, CA. 9x12" ink & watercolor on paper. B. Charlow 2024