5x7
Watercolor on paper
This weekend I went on my first backpacking trip. We decided on Stone Mountain State Park, located just South of Sparta and the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. We had previously hiked almost every trail in the park and felt it was the most comfortable for our first overnight camping trip. In an attempt to keep my pack weight low (it was already over 30 lbs) I decided to bring only a pen and watercolors with me.
We hiked the 3 miles to our campsite, set up camp and cooked our lunch- leaving only a few hours of daylight left to paint. Hiking another half mile past our site, I found a nice spot to sit on a tree which had fallen some time ago and set up my paints. Unfortunately at this time of night all the bugs come out and my dog and I were being eaten alive so I had to abandon my painting before it was finished.
