Pleinair @ Niles Community Park Fremont CA
Recently I discovered this beautiful park in Niles. So I planned to paint there until sunset. Gorgeous fall afternoon, but I hit intolerable traffic on the way even though I thought that it was before rush hour. It was almost 4 pm after I found a spot and set up my work station. The sketch part was super easy, not much detail, but relocated the trees a little bit. After that I was struggling work with color, which I usually don't need to worry about much. Just because that bald mountain was getting sienna color during sunsetting, and the reflection into the water. I tried warm tone colors I carried with me, seemed that none of them worked well in this watercolor. Maybe I really should work on a value study before laying down colors instantly. There were a couple of guys fishing on the deck. One told me that he didn't even get a bite from a fish. Felt we had the similar unexpected result at the same location, LOL... The traffic was not as slow on my return thank goodness. (