Colorful leaves and hay bales - around the Gulf Coast of Texas, this is what fall looks like in Pearland. Actually this year, it is far more colorful than usual for some reason.
This is a plein-air sketch of hay bales and Tallow trees growing against a fence line. If the truth be known, there really wouldn't be any color in our landscape if it wasn't for the invasive Chinese Tallows and poison ivy vines.
I'm still working on my landscapes. I do not feel that I'm confident enough to paint them yet; everything grabs my attention. But I do know that if you want to be good at it, you cannot seal yourself in your studio and paint. You have to paint outside every chance you get...there is no way around it. So after my umpteenth landscape, I might have a painting I actually like.
