The most recent class project was a hillside with poppies and lupine. I don't know the location of Ron's photo, and he probably doesn't know either. It looked more like southern California than around here. Often, when I use masking fluid, I am not very happy with the results, so although the whole class masked out the flowers, I chose not to. It was a bit tedious painting the green grass around the flowers, but it came out all right.
In between class projects I've been doing some paintings from my photos from High Sierra trips of years past. This one was an interesting juniper tree near Bull Run Lake, off of Highway 4. Maureen and I made several weekend backpacking trips there in the '90s.
This one was at Crown Lake in the Bridgeport area. My friend, Gerald, and I spent five days exploring this country in the late '90s.
