MONUMENT VALLEY MAZE

This week I am featuring the famous Monument Valley landscape for a maze. You’ve seen it Western movies and tv shows for decades. Today I will also share 3 different versions of the maze (like comic book alternative covers). We have a black and white version, a color version, and a color version with clouds. All are the same maze, made with a free drawn construction. Which do you prefer ?

Some information about Monument Valley

The large sandstone buttes are near the Utah Arizona border on the Navajo Nation Reservation and is part of the Colorado plateau. Wikipedia is my go-to for information. If you want to visit, the admission is very inexpensive as is the nearby campsite and you can even book a tour with a Navajo Guide ! It can best be described as majestic.

You can find many videos about Monument Valley online but this short one from National Geographic is my favorite. The soil color is so vibrant and changes with the movement of the sun during the day.

Somehow this rock formation in the desert makes for an interesting subject for a maze. You get 3 versions below (the last version is the most updated) ! I am sure you have seen this exact location in some of the iconic Western movies that have been made.

And here is a photo from pixabay for reference, although it is difficult to understand the scale !

The Mazes: I used the groves in the rock formation to create the maze. I made this in black and white initially (shown below), and then decided to color it.