Clear Lake | Pastel | 8x6
Heading up Route 395 thru Northern California, we are on Day 2 of our Alaska Adventure- 5 weeks driving to and from Alaska. At Likely, we head west to Mill Creek Falls Campground. Clear Lake is a short 2 mile hike. We are the only ones at the lake and the light is perfect. There is a loop around the lake, no waterfowl at all!, but we see an osprey fly from one side to the other. The water is clear and warm and I go for a float in it. Then a painting of it!
Painting Notes: My 'Go To' box (to borrow Karen Margulis' term for a small portable pochade) is made up of a plastic contractors proposal box that I've added a hinge to. Inside the 9x12 space is a tray of soft pastel bits and pieces and a small box of NuPastel fragments. This is where my small pices of pastel go for 'retirement' until they are too small to use. They then go into a jar by color to be ground up and remade into neutrals.
On a personal note, I'm thrilled to have just received notice that I've been chosen to be a Signature Member of California Plein Air Painters! This wonderful organization is dedicated to celebrating the Plein Air painting experience in our beautiful state. You can check out CPAP at calpleinair.com. CPAP will be hosting their premiere art event in Yosemite in late September which is sponsored by the Art Renewal Center.
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