Couple Watching Fall Foliage

For an unhurried evening when you want a piece that's mostly trees. Two figures sit on a flat grey rock with their backs to the viewer — a woman in a tan trench coat, a man in olive jacket, his head tilted slightly toward hers — looking out over a meadow at a wall of fall foliage.

The forest is the actual subject. Maples in scarlet and orange, birches in yellow, a few dark conifers holding the composition steady. The figures are simplified almost to silhouette, which keeps the eye moving past them and into the trees.

Best for colorists who like layering warm hues. The leaf canopy can absorb every red, orange, and gold you have without going muddy.