Wish I could say I was going off an actual photo, but that is not the case.  However, I have my own liberties that make this unique to me.   

This went through a lot of mental anguish that isn't my purpose of enjoying watercolor.  The background tree line is a little too scrubbed, which bothered me a lot.  The large tree was giving me a ride and I finally just stopped and did my own thing.

Well hey, I think it's okay!!!  Trust in yourself!!!

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Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

LYN

Now that I'm back in Florida for a few months, I'm happy to have more time to paint and to play at Paint Party Friday.

I'd like to share a story about this painting as it has to do with inspiration being right in front of one's nose, but it took something else to help come to that realization.

​My favorite place to hang in Florida is on my lanai that overlooks a pond and woods.  I've always wanted to paint what I love looking at, but the vastness of the dense trees have stopped me from trying.  Believe me, I've spent many hours looking at that beautiful scene in front of me willing myself to create something.

The other day and for some (unknown) reason,  I started looking at just one tree (the pine tree), then I saw another tree (the palm tree) and suddenly I was sketching 3 single trees in my little notebook!  It's not even a sketch book, it's just a spiral bound handy dandy notebook I use to keep everything in one place.

​Here's my sketch:

​So, from there, my creative wheels began turning into the thought that I could, indeed, paint from this sketch, and so I did...

Once I added the doodled heron and duck, I decided (after much inner dialogue), to doodle the rest of the painting.  I like to say I "Peter Sheeler'd it!"

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

LYN