The Valley in the North hill is a dense forest that I used to play in and explore as a child growing up. Now they have installed an expensive manicured trail that leads through the valley and to the old Bolton Camp now defunct. Cilei and I walked the trail which was a little harder than Mono Cliffs trail, then on the way back we found the old trail that had been there for years. The painting was done up at the entrance, that is Kingsview drive in the background. I featured the interesting seating area they built, albeit in a simplified manner. The trail is just in the middle here, surrounded by flowers and foliage. The composition would have been better focused on the flowers, but I wanted to capture as much of the surroundings as possible.
Walking Trail Entrance, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2021 (No. 2793)
Mom and Dad have worked a lot on the garden recently, it looks great. This painting was an attempt to capture the flower garden in the back yard, the towering yellow flowers in the back are a kind of bee balm, the pink flowers echinacea, and brown eyed Susan daisies off to the left. A succulent is in the foreground, and if you look hard enough there are black squirrels running on the walnut tree! To paint this I made the flowers first and then carefully filled in the open areas with various greens. Each section got its own colours and brush textures. There is a pine tree and hints of the green valley in the background.
John and Cynthia's Flower Garden, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2021 (No. 2794 not labelled yet, framed)
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