It was a sunny morning with a frosty biting wind. I find wind the most difficult condition for plein air painting. I found a large tree to stand beside and looked out on this fantastic vista. Planted fields had different colors. The lush greens of the trees and grasses were unreal. You could see all the way to the Sierra Mountains in the distance. (Wind does clear the air.)
Because of the weight created by the tree on the right side of the painting, I needed something for informal balance in the composition. I painted telephone poles and lines for this. By the end I was shivering and this only added to my brush strokes.
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