Up in the Beech

Plein Air, 5 x 7 watercolor on cold press.

Failing realism last week I went with the 1" flat.

No one said plein air was about realism. As a painting

it was short and sweet.

Duck Pond

This is a plein air piece.  I was standing on a tiny bridge

crossing the creek that led into this pond.  Ducks

every where.  In the reeds, in the pads, quackers

all over.  I was drawn by the large tree in the back

ground acting as a dark center piece above the pond.

I've kept this painting in a drawer, I've never 

really cared for it, but it's beginning to grow on

me.  Sometimes things need time to resolve and

become clear.