The San Gabriel mountains rise like a great wave above the valley. Fire storms have deforested the slopes to the summit and beyond. Painting with watercolor and gouache is a game of uncertainty. It is fast and direct but so is the winter sun. In front of you is a wide expanse made complex by the JPL campus. The shadows and colors run from washed out to deep darkened values, high lights appear and disappear. Everything is about setting the stage for the last thirty minutes. I am amazed and somewhat bewildered at just how much of what I do with this medium is in preparation for those final moments.
Wait, you actually HAVE a winter sun? Lucky devil. Oh, and I like the painting:)
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