Thursday, February 6, 2020

Las Cruces Yuccas

7x9.5 watercolor on Ecosystem sketchbook paper completed today.  Photo courtesy Jo Castillo/WetCanvas for Southwest forum's February challenge, minus the telephone pole. The tall yucca plants with their spiky leaves reach upward in the hot landscape.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

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2 comments:

Jo Castillo said...

I like to call these “sentinels”. Well done and beautiful.

February 7, 2020 at 8:11 AM
Kay Smith said...

They truly are sentinels of the desert country. Thanks for sharing, Jo.

February 7, 2020 at 6:44 PM

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