I ventured to the google campus to draw this beautiful sprawling Flannelbush also known as Fremontia. It is a native plant (Fremontodendron) within the same family of plants as Mallow and Hibiscus but also Durian! (Malvaceae)
It was a very bright and warm day (again - where did spring go??) and yellow flowers surrounded by dark green foliage and branches played amazingly well against California blue sky - in fact, I think this scene is made to be painted in gouache! I am working in Lumia sketchbook from Pith - and enjoying it a lot. This sketchbook is almost completed, and I will make a flip-through with some comments on the paper and what I like about it soon.
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