Seasonal Leaves Series – Sold Separately or use LEAFSET20 at checkout for discount on full set.

Seasonal Leaves Paintings Series.

The Seasonal Leaves Paintings Series highlights the changing seasons through the Maple tree’s  transformation. This set of four paintings captures tender yellow-green leaves in spring, rich light and dark greens in summer, stunning rust and red tones in autumn, and the many shades of tan and brown found in winter’s dried, fallen leaves.

View each season individually:
Spring — Summer — Autumn — Winter

MEDIUM: Digital Painting | STYLE: Painterly Realism | SIZE: 8 x 10 | ORIENTATION: Landscape | TOOLS: Procreate, 13″ iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, Giclée Fine Art Archival paper and ink | AVAILABILITY: Prints available | CONTACT SHADOWMYST ART FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ARTIST’S PROCESS:

The Seasonal Leaves Series was painted in Procreate on a 13″ iPad Pro using the Apple Pencil Pro. Layered digital brushwork builds the depth and texture of traditional painting for each piece in this set of four. A careful structural drawing was made for each of the seasonal leaves on separate canvases. Color blocking for each type of leaf and the chosen background was laid down, followed by multiple rounds of detail work and value refinement on the different textures and characteristics for each leaf in the series. A final set of layers perfecting shadow and light was created using Procreate brushes appropriate to the scale of the subject and seasonal lighting source to finalize each version.

CHALLENGE:

Since this series represents 4 completely different environments the background details had to be chosen to match the mood of each particular season while keeping the series connected.  To achieve this a watercolor style background was chosen to go across the series to highlight the colors prevalent in each season and allowing the soft wash of colors to compliment the leaves’ details without distracting from the main focus of each piece. Multiple layers and Procreate watercolor brushes were used to lay down a main background wash and a soft round Procreate brush was used to dab appropriate colors or muted details into the background wash allowing the added colors to spread out over the primary color completing the season quietly in the background of each painting.

SUBJECTS AND THEMES:

Botanical — Maple Leaves — Seasons — Nature — Botanical Art — Watercolor Background — CONTACT SHADOWMYST ART FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION