Although the leaves changed colour and fell off fairly quickly, I did manage to find a few that are the inspiration for some small watercolour studies. Over the past while I have been focussing primarily on oil paintings. I have been missing watercolour, so thought that doing some leaf studies would be a great way to get back into it. Later this fall I am going to take a watercolour workshop with Kiff Holland. It had been a few years since I did a workshop with him - he was the instructor that really got me painting in watercolour and I have done a few workshops with him over the years. When I saw he was doing one this fall, it seemed like a great opportunity for a 'tune up'. I am looking forward to it.

In the meantime, I am going to do a few more of these small paintings of fall subjects. I have a pod from a wild cucumber that grew in the back yard. That will be a challenge, with all its spikes.