Here is the completed Umbrella Tree series. After I completed the first one (on the far left) SheBoss asked for 2 more to go with it. Each one is very different and I'd like to think each one was better then the last.
I really had a lot of fun and learned some new skills doing these paintings. I need to decide on my next topic to paint. Trust me, it won't take me long to get started on something else.
Here is the final of the three Umbrella Tree pictures in this series. Giraffe Under Umbrella Tree at Dawn. I really wanted to leave the giraffe out of the picture but Sheboss is the customer here and she wanted it so I did my best.
This is called Umbrella Tree at Dusk. This was one of my first attempts at light and shadow. Doesn't look like much but this is an incredibly difficult concept to master. I think it is one of those things that seperate professional painters from us amateurs. Anyway, this photo is kind of dark so you can't really see the shadows on the ground. This is the second painting in the Umbrella Tree series.
I call this painting Umbrella Tree at Dawn. I was standing in line at the grocery store and saw this on the cover of a Time Life magazine. This became the first in a series of Umbrella Trees that are now hanging in my home.
