The Autumn Color Season

We have a lovely MetroPark in our area and the trees this time of the year are stunning. I did find it hard to capture in watercolor--but I did a little sketch while my husband was taking some photographs. A lot of people were enjoying the day.

Window Box

I felt like doing a window and window box similar to those we have seen in Charleston, SC.

This is what I came up with...

Corn Souffle Pudding

This is a card I created to send to a friend (with a recipe on it). It's one of our favorites

Lily Pad Pond

This past summer at my Sketchbook/Watercolor Class, we were walking around Bay View, MI looking for things to paint. My husband was there and as we passed a very small lily pond, I asked him to take a photo of it--and I would paint my version of it later...and I did.

It was probably a little muddier (?) around it, but you know, "artist's license."

Ice Cream for anyone

I was looking through one of my old sketchbook/watercolors--and came across this ice cream shop located in Stratford, Ontario. It was so colorful, I couldn't pass up the chance to "do" my version of what I saw.

Pink Lady Slippers

Went back into my digital camera for this picture I took down in the Smokie Mtns. last spring. These are quite rare to find--and we happened on about a dozen plants while walking behind an old cabin. What a find! They grow only in Pine-Oak Forests among fallen dried leaves & moss.

Painting in my hand made Watercolor Book

I decided to do a couple more sketch/paintings in my new Watercolor Sketchbook. It's very satisfying to know that I'm painting in my own book.