I usually don't do work in progress shots but, since I find other artist's fascinating (and it's taking me so long to finish this piece), I thought I'd give it a try. Here is the mermaid at Pacific Grove painting in progress: Pretty far, really. The bluff will have those lovely pink flowers and cypress trees. I may lower the water line on the rock the mermaid is sitting on to allow for showing more of her tail. My current plan is to do the mermaid with wavy blond hair, which I think will complement the spring-time colors of the piece.
Went for a nice walk today at Arastradero Open Space Preserve in Palo Alto. We thought we couldn't get a parking place at first but found one left at this small auxiliary parking area at the other end. Wasn't too muddy either :-). A few poppies were blooming, like this painting I did from there last March.
I only saw one lupine on the trail but a few clusters of them along the road. The sky was grayer today. I took a few photos but haven't downloaded them yet. I hope the ones of the hawk came out. I saw a jackrabbit too, and some other birds, but no other wildlife.
