Kings canyon

For weeks now I've been struggling with desertscapes... The colours in the desert are brilliant and most cameras cannot convey the shades of orange, ochre and yellow. But I wanted to put on paper what I saw, not what my camera captured.


Acrylic paints also have their limitations- the bright colours are usually transparent and opacity is obtained with the addition of white. However white dulls the colour and hence back to square one. In this desertscape of King's Canyon, I decided to work on paper so that I can put pastels and pure pigment on top. It's done with two pieces of paper so that it illustrates the vastness of this ancient land.