Under the threat of rain I drove to this water crossing in Sand Canyon. The river crosses a road and then waterfalls into the creek below. It’s seasonal so I wanted to paint it before Southern California goes back to a couple years of dry weather. Plus I wanted to blast through the water in my Jeep a couple times.
The rain was lurking over my shoulder for the entire hour it took to paint the piece. I felt I could have spent a little more time on a few parts. But it turns out I left just in time. It had been drizzling the entire time — even on my painting occasionally — but as I got to my car it started raining in earnest. Either way I pretty happy with the painting, and enjoyed my morning.
I need a better painting kit setup. Getting to this spot was a simple as crossing a road, and climbing down a small loose dirt hill. Because of all my separate bags (main bag, camera bag, tripod bag, folding chair and cup of joe, and water) it was an unnecessary hassle. One slightly larger bag would fix most of that.
Supplies
None of this is endorsed. You should paint with whatever you can get your hands on.
For the entire painting I used the 1/2” flat brush from a Jack Richeson Travel Set and M. Graham Gouache. I like using the flat brush only probably out of laziness. But it is pretty damn versatile. The sketchbook is a Polish made Koval. They are the only company I’ve found that made a book with Hot Press Watercolor Paper. I don’t know if they still do.
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