A Christmas Gift

Awhile back, I made this drawing of Mesa Arch (in Canyonlands).

Jeff liked it and asked if he could put it in his office. It seemed kind of lonely on his wall in his office, so I told him I would do two more drawings - one for each side, or two to go underneath it. And then it didn't happen, and didn't happen. So finally, a few weeks ago, I had to go to his office when he wasn't there, so I snuck in and took some measurements and decided what would work best. Then, I came home and got to work.
I wanted to keep with the Southern Utah theme - the red rocks. So, I looked through my best photos, did some cropping, and picked two that would work the best. I started one, and then had to wait about a week before I got to it again. And suddenly it was getting very close to Christmas, so I begged the kids to let me work on it while they were home (this was after school was out for the break), and I also did some early morning and late night drawing, which was a little tricky if Jeff was around. But, miraculously, I was able to pull it together and finish them, and even get frames to fit them.

These are the two drawings:

 Faux Falls in Moab

Natural Bridge in Bryce Canyon

This is the idea of what they would look like together, but they will be in frames and won't be quite so close to each other.

I realize that in these photos the colors don't really match the Mesa Arch drawing. I hope it is just because of the lighting when I took the photos. I made the first drawing with a different pastel set than these other two, so the colors were different to start with.

I am happy with these two new drawings though. I love the colors of the red rock in Southern Utah, so it was fun to try to recreate that on paper.