new mexico sky musings, no. 5 ~ hint of autumn on the wings

 

New Mexico Sky Musing Number 5 - Hint of Autumn on the Wings, contemporary abstract New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler
new mexico sky musings, no. 5 ~ hint of autumn on the wings


The purples and pinks to the clouds is this one cheer me, as does that quick energetic "scribbling" of bird-flight across the sky. Usually I use black to make those kinds of marks, but this time I chose a blueish color. Notice the word "wings" ghosted there? Funny, but I don't remember noticing that before — although surely I noticed it as I was painting!

Interesting, too, that so often my clouds suggest rain coming, but these clouds for me aren't a harbinger of storm. It's just a beautiful day with some clouds in the sky, and nothing more. Except, perhaps, the hint of autumn in the air....

Read more about it, study some details, and perhaps even make it your own here.