Night Painting

I've been traveling a lot this summer, and with shifting schedules have had to miss a couple of outdoor painting lessons. Now that Fall is upon us, we have far less sunlight in the evenings to paint by. So, this afternoon's lesson quickly turned dark, but was one of the most fun and interesting to date. My task was to use three colors (orange/blue/white, and their various shaded mixtures) to paint a birch tree and it's surroundings. This is the start below. I can't wait to try again. By the time I packed up to leave, a gorgeous full moon was rising over the Arboretum, illuminating a sky full of clouds and field of prairie grasses below. Heaven.