DAY 18 HEAT IN THE HIGH DESERT

           Mt Baker | Pastel | 9x12

We are visiting in-laws at Lake Isabella where the temperature made it over 100 degrees today. Even though this is high desert, it looks even more parched than usual. 

Process: The scene lends itself to using Ampersand Orange paper.  Painting rocky hills is a breeze just skipping the Patel across the background.  I started with two approaches to the underpainting- brushing some areas with ISO while spritzing others where I wanted the nubby bits to show through.