Paint like it's 1982

I bought my first original piece of art in 1982.  A flowering cactus watercolor.  A simple painting with just a bit of the cactus with 3 little yellow blooms.  I LOVED that painting.  It hung on my wall for the next 30 years.  I can tell you that I looked at that painting many times and thought "I wish I could paint like that".  I allowed life to push my desire to paint back for a long time.  I have been painting with watercolors for about two years now and oh what a joy.  Today I decided to paint like it's 1982.  I like it. 

Painting is for sale in my Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/186459151

 

Betty

Thank you for sharing in this little slice of my life

 

Gotta love a good goose

Sometimes a goose is a bad thing.  This time the goose is a good thing.  Gary Richardson took a fantastic photograph of a white goose.  Thank you, Gary for letting me paint this beauty.  I see geese on the lake often, but I have never seen one like this.   With some research I learned that this is a White Chinese Goose.  The snowy white feathers, blue eye with orange rim and awesome orange bill with a large knob makes this guy OUTSTANDING in my book.  I am pretty sure I will paint this bird again, so be alert, you never know when you might get your next goose!  

This painting is for sale in my Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/186237321

 

Betty

Thank you for sharing in this little slice of my life

Sunny

The sunshine is sure welcome here in Southern Illinois today.  The cold and snow and gray has been making it difficult for me to continue to pretend that I live on the gulf coast of Florida!  But I'm back there today with the sunshine!  Once again I went to the photos that I took at the sailboat marina near my home here in Southern Illinois and once again, I found the perfect model.  He stands alone without frills or props, rather handsome I would say.  He just didn't need anything.  I hope you enjoy him!

This painting is available in my Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/179178328/

 

Betty

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Longhorns and local wine

An afternoon trip to a local winery recently included encountering longhorns!  What a treat for me.  I don't know that I had ever seen any.  At first the long horns made the cattle look a bit threatening, but they hardly made a move as we studied them and took photos.  The white one never got up from her lying position on the ground.   My goal was to capture the calm, gentle nature of the large, spectacular animals. 

This painting is available in my Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178643339

 

  Betty

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Day 19 of 30 paintings in 30 days "Rose colored Destin"

This is day 19 of thirty paintings in 30 days, a challenge I am doing in the month of January.  Today's painting "rose colored Destin".  This past winter a trip to Destin Florida found it gray and overcast most of the time.  We did not get to see the beautiful cool blue waters that are common there.  BUT, we were on vacation, and we were at the ocean, so we pretty much were looking at the world through rose colored glasses.  Not much is bad when you can hear the ocean.  So, as I looked through the vacation pics I thought I would show you the site from our balcony!

This painting is available in my Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/176286577/original-watercolor-painting-beach-scene

 

 

Betty

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Day 16 of 30 in 30 "just bread "

This is day 16 of thirty paintings in 30 days, and I am glad to be on the down hill slide!  Today's painting, "just bread" is another one that really "just happened".   As I reached for the plate of leftover bread I had my next painting.  I love these blue plates with seashell shapes, this is not the first time a painting developed from food that just happened to be sitting on these dishes.  A few simple pieces of bakery french bread with holes and uneven edges.  I love simple little shots of real life, it is a treat to capture them!

This painting is available in my Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/175816615/original-bird-painting-bird-art-brown

Betty

Thank you for sharing in this little slice of my life