The Smallest International Bridge in the World

Returning home in the Spring is always challenging, as far as painting is concerned. There is a difference in the paints you choose to paint with in Ontario, as opposed to Florida. The yellow is the biggest change. In Florida because of the lush foliage and the bright sun, we usually choose lemon yellow to mix with the ultra marine blue, to create more yellow greens. in Ontario, painting from photos as I am now, the summer greens need a cadmium yellow to mix with the same ultra marine blue. It is too cool and cloudy to paint outside at this time of year, but in a few weeks, when the buds open, we will have the need for the lemon yellow again, as the leaves are all new and just developing. As summer   nears the yellow greens turn to more vivid greens, and we need cadmium yellow again. What an interesting hobby this painting is. 

This painting is on an 11x14'board and was done from a photo. I am quite pleased with the result. As the title states, this is a big island on the Canadian side of the Thousand Islands, joined to a smaller island on the U.S. side of the Thousand Islands. They of course, are joined by a small bridge, which we like to think, is the smallest International Bridge in the World, well, maybe, just the Thousand Islands.