Some more paintings from the Cal Poly Arboretum. This on is a fountain in an english garden. All the plants are cut with very specific shapes. I really just wanted to paint the fountain, but have yet to figure out how to do it without quite a bit of greenery around it. It was really hot today. Had to be about 90 while I walked up to the arboretum, so I was glad that the place I sat while painting this was in the shade. I actually think I was a bit too hot to paint as I had sweat rolling down my face while I was painting. I'll revisit this at some point in the future.
This is a sign leading into..... you guessed it, the California Collection. I don't know that I really got the wood of the sign the way I wanted to, but there are some things I like about this painting. Using my trick of red in front and blue in back, it looks like the ground goes from front to back in the painting. The rock in the front partly because of the red in the ground looks much closer than the sign or the rock behind the sign. I don't know if you can tell, but the sign is not specifically perpendicular to our viewing angle. The left side is just a bit smaler than the right. I love the way the planter and plant came out. It is just a mass of green coming out of this fantastic red pot. I actually tried to paint the leaves individually, but quickly decided just a few splashes of a darker green would suffice for the leaves.
Hope you all enjoy these paintings.
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