King's Gap Garden, plein air watercolor by Linda Young

7 x 11 Watercolor

King's Gap Garden, plein air

On June 5, 2011, there was a Bluegrass concert on the Mountain at the Mansion at King's Gap.  John took his camera and I my paints, etc.  The day was warm, people and children milled around everywhere; but mostly, the garden was unattended except for the few ladies who were tending, pruning and cleaning up the individual gardens. 

I painted this while sitting next to the shade garden looking outward to the pink roses, peony bushes and ornamental grasses.  The sunlight poked through the spaces in the branches and leaves of the trees and cast their shadows upon the grass in front of me.  In the distance, the green leaved trees were dappled with sunlight and shadows as children played a small game of kickball with their grandmother.

It was a beautiful day. 

Artist Linda Young http://www.lindayoungwatercolors.com/ http://lindayoung.fineartstudioonline.com/contact