tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post2579596726332127504..comments2023-10-30T13:27:44.690-04:00Comments on Painting My World: How To Paint a Red TreeKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239336384191511625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-69834357409631963242013-10-29T14:40:46.804-04:002013-10-29T14:40:46.804-04:00Now here's a tough one for you! Bradley Pears ...Now here's a tough one for you! Bradley Pears and a certain type of maple will turn and go from bright green through yellow through orange to red at the outermost edges, all those colors on the tree at the same time. Getting volume and light on a tree with that coloration would be challenging but could be wonderful.<br /><br />When I see one next, I'm going to have to really stare at it to see the hues on the sun side. The greens are usually deepest in, a branch will change green > yellow > orange > red as it's outward from the trunk on those. So clusters moving forward look like red with lighter yellow-orange inside them, the shapes become complex but in real life these are so beautiful. <br /><br />Maybe following its natural hues and then scumbling yellow on the sun side and violet in the shadows could do it... Just a thought.robertsloan2arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598847116529877475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-16722644640573681552013-10-29T14:38:03.015-04:002013-10-29T14:38:03.015-04:00This is so true! I first noticed it looking at rea...This is so true! I first noticed it looking at real red trees. They usually have some red-orange in them. It's not always on the sun side, following reality may mean some muted russets in the shadows along with violet-reds. But the sun side always glows a bit more orangy!<br /><br />It's true even with green trees, the sunlit part turns bright yellow-green rather than light mint green. I love your example and that little color chart working it out for different red trees is wonderful. It means you can set up a group of them and still vary them, which often happens in fall foliage. <br /><br />Even the pink-shading one may read true if it's that black-red kind of dark red that's monochrome. I see the leaves sometimes whiten a bit on them, though it could help using a pink a step warmer than the base. A subtler effect. There is one tree in my usual sketch spots that has that color - very dark red, almost black, and its highlights look pinker rather than orangy. But it's muted and I would use some russet in with the pink too.robertsloan2arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598847116529877475noreply@blogger.com