What I'm working on. (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

Our daughter turned 30 last week so last weekend we had a family reunion at her home. We finally got to spend some time with our younger son who lives in Sydney. The last time we saw him was in April this year I think. He and his girlfriend came back to Coffs Harbour with us where we live and spent a few days here. On Wednesday morning we took them for a boat ride on the Nambucca river and then we stopped for some lunch at a cafe near the beach. It was so good to see them. 

When they left on Thursday I was inspired to paint a boat on water. I painted a row boat on water in acrylic paint a few years ago but I've never tried painting water in watercolour so this is a learning experience for me. I painted a little study first and now I'm painting a larger  painting. I'm trying out different blues to see what I prefer. I must be enjoying it because I was up at 6.00am this morning eager to get into my painting room to keep going with it. If it works out ok I'll make a tutorial for you and share what I learned.

While I was sitting in my painting room this morning I looked out the window and saw Dom walking down to the painting studio we are building. He was dressed in his work clothes. His tool belt was strapped on and he was carrying an electrical cord under his arm. He glanced up at me through the window and gave me the eye. I know what his face was saying. Without any words he told me, "Get your old clothes on woman and get out here and help me." So I will leave my painting for now and go out and help him work. 

I've included some photos of the studio. Today we should get the sliding glass door in and tomorrow we will start working on the guttering. I've been waiting for this studio for 21 years now so you can imagine how excited I am to finally see it getting built. I'll share more with you as it progresses.

Tomorrow I will be posting a tutorial of a fairly simple painting of a seal so look out for that.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Louise

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