I painted this leaf couple of weeks ago. It's more loose and more abstract than the others. Originally, I was not totally sure about it, but it has grown on me since.
In a last few days, I collected a few uniquely colored leaves - here is one of the red ones I picked up in a parking lot at work. Originally I started this painting with brushes, but sometime midstream, I switched to the palette knife.
This is my first entry to the Following the Masters challenge. The challenge for this month was Landscapes. Here is my representation of the wonderful painting "Morning Catskill Valley" by George Inness. All his landscapes are truly exceptional and I had a difficult time picking a single one to work on. The colors on this one were just too lush for me to overlook - I love fall colors in particular orange - very yummy color.