Visual information is necessary to an artist. In the olden days, artist did sketches. Cameras came along and made things easier. Digital cameras showed up, and now the visual information is quick, easy and abundant.
I am working on a coloring book for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, to be titled Heart of the Park. Those of us with ready access to these places call them “The Park”. It is 2 parks that overlap in several areas and are administered by the largest employer in Three Rivers. (That would be SEKI, AKA The Park, AKA National Park Service.)
My friend and I took a field trip so I could get the final photos needed. These were all in Kings Canyon, so we went through Sequoia to get there. I’ve spent quite a bit of time there, but most of it was in Wilsonia, working on The Cabins of Wilsonia. My photos were inadequate for the task at hand.
Version A of Panoramic Point?Or Version B? (that is Hume Lake, not in the Park, but in the line of sight to the canyons and peaks beyond).The Gamlin Cabin is behind the General Grant Tree.I may have learned about these types of corners in one of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books.The view from the back wins because of the Giant Sequoia behind it (not the General) and because of the stone chimney.I didn’t know there was a Big Stump Trail. It was recommended as a possible source of coloring book pictures.The trail was fun for this group of visitors from France.I need to see the stump without all the people, and since it is no longer wasting film to take many photos, I take as many as I want.24,000 may be a bit of a load on my laptop, but I keep reminding myself that I don’t download movies or games, so it will be fine.This vertical version of the view would work in the coloring book, but I don’t like it. It could be a nice meadow with deer and wildflowers, but I don’t like it. It’s sort of like a graveyard, and I don’t like it.
