Friday, August 31, 2012

August Afternoon, Woods Lake ... Watercolor by Julie Trail





    There is no place lovelier than Woods Lake on a summer afternoon, the long rays of afternoon sunshine glowing on the sheets and cliffs and mounds and crumbling boulders of granite.  Woods Lake is at 8200 feet in the Sierra, just under Carson Pass.  It's tucked in a wooded hollow under the piles of granite that make up Round Top Peak.  
   I spent last Thursday and Friday up there painting.  This watercolor was done in my studio from photos and two plein air sketches I made on location.  Seeing the Landscape is a passion, and this painting is my effort to translate this beautiful place for you!
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5 comments:

  1. Shirley FachillaSeptember 13, 2012 at 8:33 AM

    So beautiful.
    I'm back from the North Shore of Lake Superior where my love of pebbles, rocks, boulders, cliffs was happily reaffirmed.
    You've captured the beauty and I think the "feel" of your granite cliffs wonderfully.

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  2. Nancy GoldmanNovember 21, 2013 at 9:55 AM

    This is such a beautiful, serene painting.

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    1. JulieNovember 21, 2013 at 4:42 PM

      Thank You, Nancy! This is one of my favorite Sierra lakes. I love painting favorite places!

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  3. MYSTELIOS August 11, 2015 at 11:48 PM

    Very interesting blog with so beautiful paintings !!!
    Have a nice summer day Julie !!!

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  4. JulieAugust 12, 2015 at 8:03 AM

    Thank you so much for your comment! :-)

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