I remember reading once that John Singer Sargent said to paint white flowers when you can, as in it's a good exercise, like the scales of painting if you will. And I think it's really true. Everything is there in a white flower, the subtlties
This is my mother's back yard, and I just love how it looks into the woods. I decided to stay at home and paint today because I'm leaving for Florence as soon as I finish this post to you! I'm so excited to go back
Larry stopped to see what I was doing out by the church on the side of the road. This is his family's church, he grew up going to church here and his grandmother lived across the street. He went home and brought back a watercolor
This wasn't suupposed to be today's painting, but I'm glad it is. It actually started raining toward the end of this painting, so you could say that it has a "quick" finish. I don't know where the rain came from, it was sunny and clear
If you haven't already guessed, this was done at the U Pick strawberry farm down the road here in Black Hammock. What better theme than red for Valentine's Day? My mom always talks about going to pick strawberries here, but until today I'd never been.
What a fun day, I got to meet a new friend and explore Tomoka State Park today. While there wasn't a lot of time for painting, the place as a whole is beautiful with open marshes and then sections of forest (I guess in Florida
Different. This is what I have to say about today. I was planning on, well, easy really, smooth sailing. It's Friday and my last day of work at the greenhouse. I only worked a half day and then had a wonderful time at lunch with
Finishing up at work today, I had for the first time today the thought, "What am I going to paint today?" It was cold (for Florida obviously..), gray and looked like it could rain. My saving grace was that there was no wind. I started
This morning I was driving and saw this place out of the corner of my eye. We finished up work early today, so I headed straight there. Until now I haven't really painted the flatness that is Florida, so today is a first little