I have so had it

For the past three weeks, THREE WEEKS, I have been working on this little doorway in my watercolor class. Each week it has improved and I admit to learning a lot, but I have so had it with this piece! Eventually it will be part of a three-part divided painting but I haven't completed the other drawings yet, let alone the painting. Even Beulie is bored, she curled up at my feet and slept through the entire class.

Doorways, paths, bridges and architectural details all catch my attention when I'm poking around looking for something new to draw. Flowers are fun. Trees are still hard for me but I liked the way last night's bark turned out. I like masonry and stones, piles of rocks and things like that. I don't like landscapes unless I can confine them into some small bit of detail.

In fact, I prefer small -- small images and small paper. Sometimes my classmates sit in front of humongous sheets of watercolor paper and my eyes glaze over. I haven't graduated beyond 9x12 paper and prefer something littler than that. Like my Moleskine that I used last night. Or some torn piece of something larger. This image was on half of a 9x12 so I guess it's about 6x9, quite enough for me.

Oh, the weather report. It rained all day. The forecast is for rain all week.