I painted this little watercolor in Horseshoe Park in Rocky Mountain National Park during the peak of the aspens. There is a beautiful stand of aspens there, which I have painted before in oils. You can just kind of take your pick! I was aiming for getting the sunlit effect of the leaves, with the light coming from behind. With something like this in watercolor, you have to really "get in and get out," or you could overwork the foliage and it won't be as bright.
I painted this little watercolor in Horseshoe Park in Rocky Mountain National Park during the peak of the aspens. There is a beautiful stand of aspens there, which I have painted before in oils. You can just kind of take your pick! I was aiming for getting the sunlit effect of the leaves, with the light coming from behind. With something like this in watercolor, you have to really "get in and get out," or you could overwork the foliage and it won't be as bright.