Seasonal farm landscape

[gbritnell]

I live in Ohio, U.S.A. It's currently winter here so I thought I would create a winter piece. My medium of choice is colored pencils and I usually work from one of my own photo references. This time I thought I would create something from my memory. I made several sketches to come up with the desired composition and lighting and laid in some colors as a template for the finished work. I normally work on Stonehenge but thought I would try Strathmore colored pencil paper. The drawing is small compared to what I usually do, 7-1/2 x 11 inches. (190.5 x 279.5 mm.) It's done with Prismacolor pencils. I found that the Strathmore doesn't have the tooth of the Stonehenge but will still accept quite a few layers.
After completing the winter scene I decided to take the original sketch and redo it as an early summer theme adding summery elements to it. This one was done on Stonehenge.

 

[snoball]

Both are delightful! Very typical of farm country.

 

[Donna T]

These are beautiful! You did such nice work on both seasons. It’s good to try different papers in case you find something that works better for you.

 

[Kyle Martin]

I also live in a place that has seasons, Wisconsin, and these pieces do a nice job of showing the allure of painting the same location under different effects.

 

[Bongo]

If you could do a summer and fall version at some point. Would look fantastic on the wall as a set.

 

[john]

Excellent works. And your signature is nice too! I wish my sig looked that nice.

 

[PaintBoss]

Lovely work. I love that you did the 2 seasons. Charming scenes.

 

[Jo Castillo]

These are so nice. Very seasonal and well done. For me, colored pencil requires much patience. Applause.

 

[Triduana]

Two lovely works here, I enjoyed looking between them to see the differences. I love the composition. I really like the sky in the winter one.

 

[Terri]

Great work - two beautiful drawings showing off your skills with those Prismacolors! I've tried using Strathmore papers but, like you, found a lack of tooth that keeps it from being a go-to paper.

Wonderful scenes, beautiful compositions!

 

[moscatel]

Beautiful work on both. It's amazing how landscape changes from snow to green summer.

 

[Artyczar]

Both are excellent. I am impressed with these. They both have a certain style that speaks to me.