This is my latest picture which I have been working on for several days now.  I found the foreground sand very difficult.  It's from a photo taken on Hatteras in the early evening.  (For British readers, Hatteras is a barrier island on the outer banks of North Carolina).  I didn't take the photo myself, it's one of the ones presented on Wet Canvas as part of the May Challenge.

I started a new picture today.  It's a Cape Hatteras beach scene taken in the early evening with the sun just starting to decline.  Not sure how I'm going to get on with the sand and the shadows created by the late-day sun, but I'll give it a go!  It's one of the photos selected for the May Pastel Strokes on Wet Canvas.  Two people have already done this one, I only hope I can do it half as well.

This is my latest painting.  I took the photo during a visit to Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.  This particular cemetery is a long time favorite with bird watchers and 90% of the people seen have binoculars slung around their necks or cameras with 2 foot long lens attachments.  It's beautiful there with lakes and blossom trees everywhere and lots of walking paths.  An oasis in the middle of suburbia, and a regular stopover for migrating birds at this time of year.

I took a little licence with the painting as I didn't want to include grave stones, so apart from the tree itself, everything else is pretty much from my imagination.

Today the weather is a bit iffy and I can't get out to work in the yard, so was able to spend some time at my easel and finish this picture which has been ongoing for about a week. 

I have really tried to amp-up the color this time, but of course a Fall picture is always going to have a lot of color anyway.  This is from a photograph taken about 24 years ago when we first arrived in America.  We lived in Buffalo, New York at the time and were excited to explore the surrounding area and took a trip out to the Finger Lakes.  This scene is a beautiful place called Letchworth State Park and I have called it "Following the Falls"