11×8.5″, watercolor
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Tilly Foster Morning
My dear friend, Jan Blencowe, has a wonderful watercolor sketchbook with thick paper, not too rough and not too smooth. Just a few days after I complimented it, a box arrived in the mail for me. Jan ordered one of these great sketchbooks for me!
It’s been sitting around, waiting patiently for me to finish my work for the shows that opened this past weekend. It takes a special kind of day to break into a big, new sketchbook. Today was that kind of day, with blue skies, some clouds, warm but mild temperature, and a hint of fall color making its way into the foliage at Tilly Foster Farm.
I’ve painted this little shed and pond from the other side, looking toward the mountains. Today was the first time walking around to the west side of the pond, to examine the potential for future paintings.
I’m exhausted from framing 50 paintings for shows,
(…to be continued tomorrow….)