Red Covered Bridge in Autumn

Red bridge, gold woods, no figures. The classic New England covered bridge sits at the end of a leaf-strewn lane, its dark interior swallowing the path, while the trees on both sides burn in stacked planes of yellow and orange. The sky is a small triangle of pale blue at the top.

The architecture is simple — one red building, one set of railings, one road — so almost all the time goes into the foliage. Lots of small leaf-shapes layered against each other in close-value yellows. Best for colorists who find that kind of repetition meditative rather than tedious.