AUTUMN ADORNS MY ENGLAND!

 
AUTUMN ADORNS MY ENGLAND.

I present here some photos collected by me which show how the autumn has adorned my England!

 Reflecting on a stunning autumn as 20ºC temperature days are predicted for this week..
The onset of autumn has transformed the foliage around the Lake District into a glorious patchwork of green, red and gold.
Forecasters are predicting unseasonably warm weather next week thanks to a warm band of air from North Africa, but warned the mild conditions won't last, with snow on its way towards the end of the week
'Blood rain' also expected as band carries red Saharan dust.

 with the trees around the Lake District transformed by the changing season into a glorious tapestry of green, red, copper and gold.
And with forecasters predicting unseasonably warm weather on its way in the UK this week, conditions will be perfect for those hoping to get outdoors to take in the breathtaking autumn scenery.

Mother Nature's autumn show: 1. Studley Royal Water Garden, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, - a double delight as the spectacular golds, bronzes, purples and yellows of the leaves are mirrored in the lake.

2.Spectacular: Sailing boats bob on Derwentwater surrounded by warm russet foliage. These spectacular pictures show how the leaves on the trees surrounding Derwentwater in the Lake District have deepened to warm russet hues, forming a stunning backdrop to the placid waters of the lake.
They show a picture-perfect autumn day for hikers and sailors in the area, and the Met Office has said temperatures could soar as high as 20C this week thanks to a wave of hot air from North Africa which is due to sweep through the UK .

3.'Season of mists': The shoreline around Derwentwater in the Lake District has been transformed into a glorious patchwork of autumnal colour.

4.Autumnal scene:  the spectacular view across Derwentwater .

The always stunning scenery around the Lake District has been further enhanced with the onset of autumn.

 5.A boat chugs its way across the water of the lake towards the shoreline

6.Seasonal splendour: Derwentwater is surrounded on all sides by shades of green, russet, copper and gold

7.Ethereal: Early-morning mist over the Wye Valley in Herefordshire today gives the autumnal landscape an ethereal quality.

8.Golden leaves: A young family stroll past the Diana, Princess of Wales memorial Red Maple in Kew Gardens as it drops its leaves, which have mellowed to gold.

9. The fabulous shades of autumn are visible across Britain; here a child plays with the leaves of an Acer tree in Arley, CheshireSpectacular: Sailing boats bob on Derwentwater surrounded by warm russet foliage.

-PORTIA BURTON

AFTER A HECTIC , WEARISOME DAY

ABSTRACT PAINTING

ABSTRACT PAINTING

According to the dictionary, 'to abstract' is to draw from, to concentrate in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things; expressing a quality apart from any object.

When an artist makes an abstract, he takes the main elements of the scene or the still life, or even the idea, and uses them as elements upon which to build the design and feeling of his painting. It is around these elements that the artist develops his final theme, colour scheme, action or lack of action and sometimes even the surface texture (rough or smooth, calm or exciting) by using blended strokes, different size strokes, soft edge painting or allowing the strokes to show.

There are different degrees of abstraction. When the image is only slightly lost or irrelevant detail is not recorded, we call it 'Semi-Abstract', where we can still see the subject which is painted.

Here's one of my 'semi-abstract' painting of flowers wherein the flowers can still be seen:

The more we retreat from realism, the more 'abstract' the painting becomes. Sometimes, when we come to a point where there is no image or object left to see, we are at 'Total Abstrction', and this is also called 'non-objectivity'.

Here's my  'Total Abstract' painting of flowers:

When you create an abstract or semi-abstract painting, you have your very own interpretation of the subject or scene or situation which you have chosen to depict. You convey your own unique and wonderful experience. Here, not many rules are to be followed. It is merely a feeling of good taste, joyousness of creation and flow of movement!

Usually a painting needs no name. But the title certainly adds to the poetry of the whole idea. I have named my 'semi-abstract' painting of flowers as 'Giggling Flowers' and the 'Total Abstrct' painting of  those same flowers is  named as 'Flowers Waking up in the Blue Fog' because that was how I felt then!

I usually love to have an image as the basis for a painting. The figure is a symbol for me around which I create the painting and try to depict feelings or emotions like love, action,passiveness etc. through it. I try to 'abstract' the area around  the figure so that the viewer' attention is not divided by irrelevant details. Here's is one such painting:

Dear friends, hope that you get the general idea of the way I paint.

thank you for being with me.

-PORTIA BURTON

LOVE'S IMPRINT

MUSIC OF NATURE

MY MORNING THOUGHTS

BUT,ALAS!....