Summer comes and goes; retirement gives you time to fill the days. Each one is cherished, and soon, your time becomes increasing full, so full you wonder when you will find time . . .
I have tried to paint every day – gouache, watercolor, pastels – and overall have managed to meet that challenge. Some days, other parts of life intervene, and that’s okay. Appointments, social engagements, reading a book all can replace the time spent painting. Thus, without further ado, here are some that I produced since my August 2, 2020, post about painting in July.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Wow, you have been busy creating these beautiful paintings! Amazing. How large are they?
Thanks, Anne! I would say on average 9×12 to 12×16, depending on the medium.
You are so talented and you put a great deal of time in your art.
lovely work
#4: Lovely use of blues in the sky
#9: This is my favorite, because of the composition, with the church peeking out from behind the hill.
23 paintings! Wow, you’ve been active!
Excellent work all round!
Thanks, Fraggy! Now if I could just get out with a camera . . . it’s cooling off, but another near 100F is up for the next week. ;-(
Thanks, Jim. Glad you are enjoying them. As with everything, some results are better than other. I like the church in the dunes myself a lot, so you have most excellent taste!
Thanks, rsdonahue! It’s nice to hear others enjoy them.
Thanks, Anne! Time, patience, practice!!
A lovely set of work. I would have strung them out over a number of blogs – but that`s me. Are they painted on site? If so are you going to develop them further?
Hi Graham – they were done over several days, from photos just because many places are from the past and in photo form. And, it is too hot to go out to paint – 100F of late. That said, I did spread them out over days on my painting blog journeybypaper.com. Come visit!
What beautiful work. Well done !
Thank you, Margaret! Glad you enjoyed them!