Autumn Birches oil on canvas panel by Marion Hedger

Autumn Silver Birches

Oil on canvas MDF canvas panel
Palette knife painting

18x24 cm (approx 7"x10")
Available by auction (or buy it now) on DPW

I have slightly altered this autumn painting as the right hand tree was bothering me and never looked quite 'right'. I also added more oranges and reds to the central area and using heavy impasto with more colour on the silver birches to reflect those autumn colours.

Tip

For the bark, I used underpainting white for mixing the colours on the trees. This white is very thick and dries quickly and gives a lovely impasto effect.

Collage of some close-ups and previous painting

 Here is a collage showing some closeups of the knife work and the older painting for comparison.

Companion painting
 Autumn Explosion a painting in the same series can be viewed HERE