A New Park

 Well, the park was at least new to me for a paint-out.  It's Burke Heritage Park in Alhambra, next to the Alhambra Historical Society.  I've driven by it many times.  But what always caught my eye was the block of "picturesque" tanks next door.  Maybe water tanks.  Usually some kind of construction seemed to be going on there.  Since I really enjoy industrial subjects like utility poles and storage tanks, I had wondered about painting there sometime, but considering that it's fenced I didn't think it would happen.  But our wonderful paint-out organizer scheduled the park next to the tanks.  It's a mostly green grass park with a small garden, and tanks across the street.  But from where I was I didn't see a good view of the tanks to paint.  Maybe next time.  I did like the view to the east which had some palms and utility poles.

Watercolor 5" x 7"

    

 

Caltech Gate

 This is my first plein air painting for 2022!  It was a bright, sunny day for our paint-out at Caltech.  Caltech is always a favorite place to paint.  The campus is beautiful and it's close-by.  Choosing what to paint usually requires walking around a little to see what view might make a fun and interesting painting.  On one side of Dabney Hall is a walled garden that looked appealing in the dappled light from the olive trees.  The gate on the east side of the garden caught my eye for my watercolor.  Just what I was looking for.

5" x 7" Watercolor