watercolor colors really make me happy.

Rift

My sister has blueberry bushes that bear in abundance. Every year when the berries come in I get a chance to spend some time gathering treasure that holds a taste of summer.

Also I think I used every green in my paint box on this one.

I did a few more touches and if feels better now. Below is the original post, which now holds place as a process shot!

Honestly, I just wanted to paint something as red as the flowers I saw in a planter I saw while doing errands in town. I did not succeed (those flowers were really, truly, amazingly red) , but I don’t mind an excuse to paint more flowers.

Soothing myself after a long day of many errands and meetings. I love the way watercolors bleed and flow.

an altar candle in the church of the lake

Too late and tired to focus on observational work, so here’s a watercolor sampler