View South from Yarnell, 2019, watercolor on yupo, 5 x 7 in. / 12.7 x 17.78 cm.

View South from Yarnell, Steven Bradbury, 2019, watercolor on yupo, 5 x 7 in. / 12.7 x 17.78 cm.

This pleinair sketch was made from the Verizon Tower in Yarnell, Arizona, one of a dozen I made during a road-trip there. I painted it with some painter’s trimming sponges using a minimal palette. It was a great place to work because the air was so dry the watercolor didn’t bleed.