Skip to main content

SKETCHING AT THE PAINTED DESERT


It was a clear, sunny afternoon in September 2009, that I was sketching behind the Painted Desert Inn at the Petrified Forest National Park. The view of the Painted Desert was so expansive and thrilling that I decided to take a hike the following day to the floor of the Badlands.

Comments

  1. That's so great! I'm hoping to try plein air painting during my next visit to Arizona.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks Gerald ... but be prepared for all weather changes. At an instance notice a storm would brew and there would be torrid winds while the sun would be blazing. The sun buckled my drawing paper if I wasn't in a shielded spot and was nearly blown over a cliff from the high winds. Was so happy with my feather light easel but that almost went over the cliff too! Reconsider my purchase after that. How do you travel?

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sold! GLOW, by Susan Roden

GLOW 11" x 14" soft pastel SOLD - private collector So nice this pastel went to a wonderful home! Now I'll live in my memories of the Petrified Forest  National Park, where I did a residency and was  the inspiration for this painting. Thank you!

BLAZING RED

GLOW 11"h x 14"w pastel black with gold trim frame sold -   private collector Night fell fast. The lower half of a thick strand of dark clouds turned blazing-red from the sun as it dropped to the horizon. And the night glowed.

MEMORIES AND FAVORITES

DIGNITY pastel SOLD - PRIVATE COLLECTOR After the holidays, I begun to reminisce of people from my past.    Reflecting, I realize that life experiences have  enriched me greatly in so many ways.  Dignity is not only of a friend I lost touch with,  but also a personal, favorite painting that went to another home. Fond memories.... gone but not forgotten.