Yakima at Umtanum

Back to the canyon for today’s painting.  This stretch above the Umtanum parking area is one of my favorite spots to fish in the canyon and usually is where I’ll start my day.  I like the view looking downriver to the bridge crossing that gives access to the Umtanum Canyon hiking trails.   This was from my last trip over to the river in early October and, yes, I managed to catch some nice trout on tenkara in the run I used to nymph fish.

I think this is one of the better Yakima canyon paintings in the challenge so far.  I used a lot of lighter washes to get the hills to look better than the heavier paint I had used in the earlier pieces.   Getting down to the wire now, only a week left to paint!