Autumn Leaves original sculpted art painting by artist Linda Paul
Autumn Leaves Original Painting by Linda Paul
framed Size 32" x 42" x 2" Free shipping in USA
Price $
599.00
This beautiful original sculpted painting perfectly captures the transitional style from classic to contemporary decor.
Each falling leaf was individually sculpted by Linda Paul in 1/8" bas-relief, then gilded in either pure copper or gold, then painted in traditional egg tempera made from crushed stone and egg yolk. The copper and gold of the leaves changes and captures the light fantastically.
The painting is framed in a 1-1/2" handcrafted wooden frame which has been hand painted by the artist to perfectly match the artwork
Linda's pumpkins and maple tree |
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Artists' Inspiration
Its
an inspirational, breezy fall day here in
Colorado. Signs of autumn are everywhere;
pumpkins in the fields, turning leaves and
an edge of winter chill in the air. Time
for a new painting! I love the autumn for
its whimsical quality and last bloom of real
warmth. It reminds us to enjoy life and give
thanks to the earth for what she has provided us
before mother nature blasts us with winter and
reminds us who is boss. In my painting, I
want to capture both autumn colors and the
feeling of autumn, so to me, that also means
capturing movement and change.
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maple tree starting to turn color |
In autumn the fall leaves in the mountains
are gorgeous. I am inspired by the two autumn
blaze maple trees at my studio that put on a
spectacular display of color every year, and
also by the pumpkins that we grow in our garden.
We like to grow the "cinderella" ones for purely
for their shape and amusement.
So its time to take all these inspirations and
create a sketch
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The Sketch Begins
So I have done an sketch based on
my initial inspirations. I like the feeling of
the sketch a lot, but I think I want to extend
the height to add more leaves. So the
painting will be mostly falling, colorful maple
leafs and just a bit of a country landscape and
possibly a red barn and pumpkin patch at the
very bottom. Back to the drawing board!
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Working on the board
For my egg tempera paintings,
virtually nothing comes from the art supply
store except my paint brushes. Egg tempera
paintings require a rigid base to work on.
Historically this has always been board of some
sort. For this painting I have cut a maple board
to a 30" x 40" size, then I have built and glued
a crib of wood supports on the back of the
board. This will support the sculpting that I
plan to do for the leaves of the artwork
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The Bas-relief sculpture
This week I created
the bas-relief sculpture part of the artwork on
the board. I individually drew and
sculpted each leaf. The relief of each
is only about 1/8", but it adds such incredible
texture and life to the artwork.
I am starting to think about color. I may do
an underlying layer of 24 karat gold and copper
on some of the leaves. I may have to do a little
study painting to figure out where I am going
with this
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Egg Tempera Painting Part Begins
I decided to
paint the sky in layers of pale ocher and soft
apricot so the color of the leaves would really
pop. I have blocked in the bit of
landscape at the bottom but won't be revisiting
that until I figure out where I am going with
the colors of my leaves
Each of the maple leaves will be either 24
karat gold or copper leaf which I will patina
before applying. I put an underlying layer of
red under the gold and copper. The two leaves on
the far right are the 24 k gold over the red
base. The three leaves on the left have started
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The
Painting is coming along very nicely. It
has the feeling of movement which I wanted to
capture. All of the plain red leaves in
the picture (left) have a red egg tempera
base and are awaiting to receive their 24 k gold
or copper layer
I have a very unique technique when
it comes to egg tempera painting. I learned egg
tempera on my own and never studied the few books
that are out there on it. When you don't know the
rules, you are free to break them!. Traditional egg
tempera is strict in its methodology and very time
consuming (not that I am a fast painter by any
stretch). To my knowledge I am the only artist
in the world to ever combine egg tempera painting
with bas-relief sculpture. Read more
About Egg Tempera
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You also might like Linda Paul's Falling Leaves collection of kitchen backsplash medallions and tiles
and Aspen leaf Paintings
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