New landscape painting, more gardening

I am watching the cases of virus rise exponentially.
There are about 350 cases in the county, up by about 75 today!
It doesn't sound like a lot, but it's a sharp upturn on the graph.

Today, the beaches (at least in LA) have closed, not just the parking lots!

I don't miss the beach too much...
The idea off going out is starting to get scary!


I continued to fix the landscape painting I was "retouching."
The blue flowers looked like they were "floating," so I added some grass.

Here is what I finished with, before and after:

I can see now, where I didn't put the bluebells in the right areas.
But, I am ready to put it away for awhile... Maybe...

I started on a new painting based on one of my own photographs.
I took this photo last March at the Bolsa Chica wetlands.

I picked this photo because at the time, it reminded me of Romantic Era painters, like John Constable:

This canvas I had, was as big as the old landscape print.
It was a lot of canvas to cover with paint!

I worked for about two hours and got this far:

I didn't do anything with the water, yet.
I think the land area needs to be thicker, to balance out the composition.

Later, I did some more weeding in the back yard, and made a new pile of leaves.
I got the top of this shrub, and trimmed back the fern, (before and after):

Next I will start pulling out the fern...
But first I need to give the spiders a chance to retreat!)


I started trimming this hibiscus tree to make it round.
All that's left are the very top branches.

The area underneath it is all full of grassy weeds, too.

I'm glad I have so much gardening to do!
It sure keeps me active while I'm stuck at home...