Sailing Away

 

 

I'd like to paint 100 pictures of the local harbor. These are of the Ventura Harbor-and it takes several hours just to get one done-on weekends with my teaching-so it's a slow slog teaching myself to watercolor boats. Since I don't know much about boats it's a job of trying to see, then choosing what to keep in and what to leave out. Plus trying to remember watercolor. Today was a beautiful day, so that adds to the experience.  My mother loved boats and she asked me to paint-one of her last requests to me-so slowly I hope to build a collection to think about her. 

When you paint outside-it has a particular set of issues-I'm also learning how to work from a place. Maybe one day I'll do some I like-right now it's mostly about learning a new thing. Art is my therapy and missing my mother is a mighty pain.

I heard this song this morning and I thought she'd enjoy it.

And, of course I like this one, I hummed both while thinking of Mom, painting today.

I think of Mom in both songs. And painting her boats.