Random scene... inspired by Fountain Hills AZ
Watercolor
Moleskine watercolor notebook (opened)
Pelikan paints
I had dinner a week ago with my Brother in Law, Adam, from Maryland. I had worked a night shift the day before, so after an afternoon of sleep, we were off to Fountain Hills to enjoy an evening of tapas at a wonderful restaurant: Sofritas.
It has been a while since my last visit to Fountain Hills, and the evening was so inviting, eating our meal over the course of three hours on their patio, I decided to come back the next morning to do some plein air painting.
I didn't do anything really spectacular, I was sort of freaked out by the number of people walking around, and felt too self-conscious, so just quickly did a watercolor sketch of some trees, and experimented with the mountains to my right. But it's my first attempt to paint "across the fold" in my watercolor, for a more pronounced landscape look.
I have the weekend off, and my recent order from Utrecht's Art Supply had arrived: a set of soft pastels and a pad of pastel paper. I plan on breaking them in soon.
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