I'm so glad to be home! And now that I've kind of caught up with things, I'd better get back to my painting and blogging. I must admit to not painting everyday during the last month, but now that I am back home and the internet connection seems to be working better these days, I'm vowing to get back with daily posting of daily paintings. I did do more than a few paintings, I may have even averaged one little painting a day before leaving Florida, and here are a few of them.
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The wisteria at Martha and John's house. It was a stick plant at the beginning of March. Soon after painting this, the flowers were all gone after a winding night.
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This is one of several attempts to paint mangroves from photos I took while kayaking near Palmetto. This is the best one.
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One of the houses seen from our porch
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I did this page while sitting in the rowboat while Van fished. He didn't even get a bite.
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One of a couple of paintings from this vantage point of our residence in Cedar Key.
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Several hibiscus were blooming in our yard.
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This and several other of the paintings were done in my new sketch book, one that I started using after taking the Journey Daybook class taught by Peggy Herrick. I can't remember the kind of paper, but I like it.... sort of like Arches hot press. This page was done on the back porch of Peggy's home.... you can read about Journey Daybooks by clicking
here.
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Another view of the bayou from the porch, and a couple of doves out there too. The marshes became green in April.
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Our last week in Florida was spent at my brother's home in Lake Wales. I did a few things while there and this is my favorite.
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A few days in Juneau on the way home. I did these while on our boat there
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The first few days in Alaska and back home were beautiful, warm and sunny. On Saturday, May 2, I kayaked to P. Island on the annual rowing/paddling trip. About a dozen boats went across and enjoyed a picnic in the sun. So good to paint outside in Alaska again. This is one of the rowboat.