Sunset's Autumn Glow

An underpainting of Raw Umber was used to establish the values and then 3 passes of color were subsequently layered with each pass increasing in color intensity and dried before finalizing this piece. Gamlin Stand Oil and Gamsol - 40/60 was used as the medium to allow for softer transitions throughout the process. Every sunset is like a poem of reflections on the day as it ends. The silhouette formed by the synergy between light and landscape of this sunset created a luminous glow that split across many of the foreground trees and made a spectacular focal point of color and value contrast to paint.