T stands for two times this year

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Last week was a beautiful week of unseasonably warm weather, so we headed off to do some apple picking. Our favorite orchard was having a sale - buy a bag, get a second bag for free. Hard to resist since we love strolling through the orchard and picking the very best apples. Plus we had just finished the apples from our first trip.


Wide open spaces
Good advice, eat more apples…
Drink more cider

Apples in abundance.
They told us this was a great year for apples and there were still a lot on the trees.  The weather hadn’t been as good for veggie growing, and they said pumpkins and gourds were scarce.  There were pumpkins in our future though. Fi and I are taking a watercolor class and the last assignment was negative painting with pumpkins as the subject. . In negative painting, you paint the background first and fill in the shapes, not trying to paint the subject but it emerges as the painting goes on. Very challenging.

Orange and ghost pumpkins
This was a fun exercise and is something that’s going to require practice. Next up is a negative painting exercise with a white poinsettia. 

Comments

  1. Bleubeard and ElizabethNovember 16, 2021 at 7:43 PM

    So glad you got a real bargain on apples and got a nice lovely walk in the process. Did you buy any cider? I would have.

    Your painting must be challenging. It was so fun to see the beauty you painted. It's lovely. Thanks for sharing your trip to the apple farm and your pumpkin painting with us for T this Tuesday, dear Nan.

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  2. CJ KennedyNovember 17, 2021 at 5:23 AM

    Sounds like a great day at the orchard. I hope you got some apple cider doughnuts! Your painting is awesome! Happy T Day

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  3. Divers and SundryNovember 17, 2021 at 6:07 AM

    I've never picked my own apples, but it sounds like a fun activity. Your painting is impressive. I have trouble enough with watercolor at the most basic level. This sounds challenging! Happy T Day

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  4. KarenNovember 17, 2021 at 6:46 PM

    It might have been challenging, but the end result is wonderful!

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  5. Empire of the CatNovember 18, 2021 at 4:04 PM

    How lovely to stroll through an orchard and choose your own apples, love your pumpkin painting too. Happy T Day Elle/EOTC xx

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  6. Let's Art JournalNovember 19, 2021 at 9:41 AM

    Looks like you're having fun and how wonderful to pick your own apples! Your painting is beautiful, you are so talented my friend 😀. Happy Friday and weekend! Hugs Jo x

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  7. LiscaNovember 19, 2021 at 12:50 PM

    Picking your own apples sounds like fun. They look really nice on the photo.
    Your pumpkin painting is great. But it sounds like quite a challenge.
    Happy belated T-Day,
    Hugs,
    Lisca

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