Peach Explosion

Back lit

Every day this tree is back lit by the late afternoon sun. I've tried to capture the glow several times, but it never comes out quite right - too yellow, too bright, or like here, too subtle. Suggestions?

Trees

Here are a few tree studies for Vivian Blackburn's tree challenge.

These black oaks are ungainly, with little foliage and often a lot of stringy moss at the top. Not a particularly attractive tree, but I do like watching them sway back and forth wildly on stormy days.

(Watercolor with graphite on smooth Bristol)

There are a lot of these in Oregon...

(Watercolor on Magnani Pescia 100% rag)

I'm not sure what these trees are, but I love the greyish/blue color.

(Watercolor on Magnani Pescia 100% rag)