we might get snow tomorrow.

Here’s to remembering autumn, and summer, and warmer weather:

sketchbook.

From a couple weeks ago:

I took the photo of the leaf and the tree, also.
—

W.B. Yeats (1865–1939). The Wild Swans at Coole. 1919.
The Wild Swans at Coole
THE TREES are in their autumn beauty,

The woodland paths are dry,

Under the October twilight the water

Mirrors a still sky;

Upon the brimming water among [...]

finished on Sunday

Took me about 12 hours. The nose is a little funky, but otherwise, I like it.
You can’t really see the underpainting, the blues and the greens, but there will be another photo after it finishes drying.
And apparently there are Renaissance paintings that aren’t chemically dry, yet. Mine will take far less time to dry, thankfully.

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