Getting Ready to really paint!

So, I have spent this summer painting the house,

but now as autumn finishes it's colors, and my camera is full of photos I am gearing up to finally paint.

 

Autumn 2012

I've tried to get some photos of autumn...to paint from....but it has been raining a lot since the leaves turned, and of course I am still working a lot of hours.

 

I worry that the leaves will all be gone by the time I get a chance to see them in daylight when I have time off.

For example, when I woke up this morning, it looked like someone threw a party last night, and used leaves as confetti!

They were all over the ground.

I am not participating in Fall OPEN Studio this year, but we have the state maps at the store, (Artists Mediums) and I hope that if you are not participating, that you will at least go out and visit and support your local Vermont artists who are participating!

here's a link for maps if you can't stop by the store:

http://www.vermontcrafts.com/OSW/maps-directions.html