January Hills

It finally got warm enough to go out and paint here last Saturday. I've been wanting to paint while there is still some snow on the ground and when the light is bright. In particular I wanted to paint a set of rocks and have been waiting for the right conditions - bright sun and shadows, some snow on the rocks, a southwest facing slope. But it got so warm, so quick, that the snow melted right off before I could get there.  I gave up on the rocks and found this to paint instead. The rocks will have to wait for a later date. The weather was in the forties so it all went well without getting too cold. This is still wet so I had to photograph it - will do a scanned better version after it dries.
January Hills, 8 x 10