Cathie Richardson Illustration

  We spent Memorial Day weekend hiking in the Sawtooth Mountains where we saw many wildflowers and lots of wildlife.  A watercolor of one of my favorite spots on the trail. I liked  the variety of landscape and how it meandered through the wildflowers into the forest with different textured hills in the distance. Click here for Fox Tail Spring details   During our visit we saw chipmunks, coyotes, deer, and what we  initially thought was a mountain lion but looking at the photo I got, I think it looks more like a bobcat. We thought it was a mountain lion because they've been visiting local homes and prowling through town.  I take a tiny sketchbook with me, and this is  my stylized drawing of a mountain lion. I like how he turned out kind of warm and fluffy looking. Our rental had a balcony with a terrific mountain view, and the moon was rising.    This little bird kindly tolerated me sitting on the balcony drawing each morning since her b...