Flower Field, Methow Valley

                                         

When I saw this flower field while walking along a dirt road at a ranch in the Methow Valley,  I knew I had found the site I wanted to paint!

Abstract Waterfall

While setting up my gear to paint a lovely waterfall in Bellevue Botanical Gardens, I discovered my tripod was broken.  Luckily, I spotted a flat rock next to the waterfall to sit on and propped my paint box against a bush.  After blocking in the big shapes and values, I decided to stop there.........my first landscape abstract.  Fun!

Snoqualmie River, Olalie State Park

Sent by Lanie Franza on Wednesday, July 9:

I texted this to my husband, Bob, yesterday, when he texted me...."how's it going?"