WATERBABY'S CIRCUS

Sometimes I go out and paint outside (plein air). Most Thursdays when the weather is good enough, a loosely organized bunch of us meet to draw or paint or take photos. Usually in or around the El Cerrito/Berkeley area. Last week the Rose Garden in the Berkeley hills was our site. The roses are in bloom and San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and Mt. Tamalpais in the background gave us a lot to choose from. This is a rose arbor with Mt. Tam in the upper right. I'm not real happy with it, but it's way better than last year's attempt. (The original is not so blue-ish.)

Thanks to Jana Bouc's and Terry Banderas' flower paintings for the virtual kick-in-the-pants to get me painting again. Coming back after spending three months in Brazil has been a shock to my delicate system. But having painting friends here cheers me up and inspires me. Gotta go paint something!

A drooping Gerbera daisy, ACEO size (3.5"x2.5"). WinsorNewton watercolors on Arches paper. No more time to start anything large, so ACEOs will have to do for now.