This post is long overdue.
I should have photographed my process, but by the time I thought of it, it was too late.
(approx. 5″x7″ watecolor on watercolor moleskine)
Mixed with this painting, comes a lesson. Something about transience, and our inability to keep things the same. I’m still learning and processing it.
This tree in our backyard went from this…
to this,
in about a week.
It turned yellow just as I was starting 30 Places, so in my mind, I made a mental note to paint this in the next month. I had no idea how fast this…
…would happen.
It was a matter of a couple days.
I started sketching the tree when it had probably half of it’s leaves, but by the next morning, when I went to paint it, it had less than a quarter.
It was extremely fun and enjoyable to paint, even though it took me several days to actually get it done.
And as is often, when I approach something I haven’t done in a while, I feel a small trepidation. Doubts about my inabilities. But once I start to do it, as with this watercolor piece in my moleskine, I am amazed at how my skills in the medium come back to me, and I am thankful to God for my talent.
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I really like this one!! It’s so cute, this painting! I can’t believe the trees are getting bare once again… but this year, it actually seems to be slower than last year!!