Recently my son, Guy, and I drove up the steep and winding road to Deer Park in Olympic National Park. We camped in the small campground at the end of the road just below the top of Blue Mountain. In the morning I got up early and made a watercolor of the sun streaming across the alpine meadow, hitting the fir trees, with the sun on the mountain peaks in the background.
It’s a glorious place to camp and a wonderful place to paint. Because I’m not used to painting mountain scenes, it took me several tries to understand how to portray the alpine scenery. I plan on going back many more time to try again.
Wonderful! You captured the majesty of the mountain range.
Thanks, Elsie! The mountains are inspiring.
The painting is inviting. I wish I were there.
And I wish I were in Eastern Europe looking at the mountains where you are!
You nailed the mountains, Bill. They look utterly real and yet utterly unreal!
Thanks, Steve! Glad you like this painting.