Painting at the UCDavis Arboretum

Our group was out on a beautiful morning painting along the creek.  I put additional color into the painting to offset the total green that is everywhere.  I did manage two paintings in 2 hours since I really stayed with my mop brush for to do most of the painting.  There is so much material on the campus which is very empty with  the shutdown. 

Morning at Willow Creek

We gathered at Willow Creek, a nice shady spot on a predicted hot day in Davis, CA.  The creek is dry but has this  bridge over it with plenty of rocks where the water runs when wet after a rain.  The area is without bugs.  It is just beside a bike path and there were plenty of bikes.  

Patchwork Farm Lavender

With temperatures reaching triple digits, the lavender crop was ready early. We went out to beautiful Capay Valley to take it in and paint. Things were buzzing with the pickers ranch hands. The fields appear to have a lavender cloud over them with the green base. It brought me back to years being in southern France seeing and smelling the field of lavender. It was a bit difficult to find shade for painting but the setting is so nice with the blue sky and Capay hills in the background. Thank you to the people of Patchwork Farm.