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A Perfect Day Painting in the Mountains

David King

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October 1st, 2015 - 10:01 AM

A Perfect Day Painting in the Mountains

One of my best days of plein air painting ever is when I set up early on a Sunday morning in spring in Big Cottonwood Canyon at the bottom of Cardiff Fork. Big Cottonwood Canyon is in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah a short distance from Salt Lake City. There was a bit of a chill in the air at first but it soon warmed up. The morning light was strong and brought out the brilliance of the spring greens in the evergreens and the aspens, not to mention the grasses. I first set up looking out at a hiking trail across a depression from me. From my position the path looked almost vertical, it made for an interesting nearly abstract composition. I had to break out the pthalo blue to get greens saturated enough to match what I saw.



For my second painting of the morning all I had to do was move my gear about ten feet to the west and turn ninety degrees for a more intimate view of the mountain landscape. This time I was able to include the wildflowers which were just starting to come in.

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