Early Spring

Early Spring

Acrylic on wood panel

8”x10”

Chris Breier © 2016

The original painting is available. This is another painting of Amherst State Park from around the same time as the painting I posted yesterday. I managed to get a watercolor look in some areas. I like how the reflections in the stream turned out, in some areas the brown silt shows through while other areas reflect some of the blue from the sky.

The Three Amigos

The Three Amigos

Acrylic on wood panel

8”x10”

Chris Breier © 2016

The original painting is available. I photographed these three trees at Amherst State Park last Spring. These trees are along the edge of Ellicott Creek which runs through the park. I enjoyed painting the bark of the trees and I added more detail to the ones in the foreground.

Spring Leaves

Spring Leaves
Watercolor and Gouache on paper
8”x10”
Chris Breier © 2015

The original painting is for sale. This is the second painting from when I visited Amherst State Park early last Spring, the first painting can be seen here.

The leaves were just beginning to open and they were a bright yellow green, it was fun to contrast with the orange brown of the creek. I painted this with transparent watercolor and gouache.

Amherst State Park

Amherst State Park, Early Spring
Watercolor and gouache on paper
8”x10” (on 9x12 arches rough watercolor paper)

This painting is available

I took the reference photo for this painting early this Spring when I took a short hike at Amherst State Park. The leaves weren’t out on the trees in the foreground so there was plenty of sunlight reaching the forest floor. The patches of moss was so thick in areas that it looked like bright green carpeting. A couple of people were fishing but it didn’t appear as though there were having any luck, I don’t think they minded too much because it was such a nice day to be outdoors.