Saturday Plein Air - Park of Roses

Another beautiful but hot day. We painted at the Park of Roses and had over 25 painters today.

I've tried to paint the roses many times. I always get lost in the petals, so today I chose to paint a gnarly pine tree (my favorite tree to paint). The problem was that I had to paint way across the flower beds so I could be in the shade. The circle is around the tree I wanted to paint.

Wasn't really a problem for me. Here's a zoomed view:

Distant Pine, 6x6, pastel on dark grey Pastelmat