My sweet buddy, Oh Rob, recently posted a beautiful photo of his morning view waking up at Conneaut Lake, PA on his Facebook page. It really drew me in, as it is one of my favorite places to be, mostly because it is with him and his sweet wife Joyce who are very dear to us.
I tried painting it in watercolor. Need to loosen up more. But I had fun thinking of them and this beautiful place on earth. There have been so many beautiful pink skies this winter. Am I just noticing it more, or is there more than usual?
Wishing you beautiful sunrises.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
This is really good, Jodi. I think you captured it beautifully.
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You are so kind Paul. Thank you. Oh how I want to be better! Will keep trying. 😬
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Your work already shows signs of wonderful progress. :O)
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But a long way to go 😝.
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Your getting there. I don’t think it will be that long.
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Lol. I’m sure a lifetime ☺️ and that’s ok. 👍
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Ha, ha. Well, if it does take that long, I’m sure it will be well worth the wait, Jodi. 😀
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😉
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Wow! You nailed that beautiful sunset painting! 😄
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So tranquil…I love it!
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You are very sweet.
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Wow, Jodi!! This is beautiful!! I think your practice is really paying off! Love this painting! Can’t wait to show Hub. I hope you’re becoming more satisfied with your lovely landscapes!! Love your sky, especially, and the shadows in the snow……it’s so peaceful and makes the snow beautiful. Love it, way to go!! 💛💛💛💛💛🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
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Thanks sweet Laura. Hubby and Nick liked it but I’m not completely happy. I think it should be a little lighter and I had a hard time with the houses in the distant. Didn’t want to do exact yet don’t like how they turned out. Will keep trying and growing hopefully! 😜
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Yes you’re doing great!!!! Seriously, I wouldn’t even attempt snow without a really good tutorial. Big props, you’re doing wonderfully!!!
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Thanks for your encouragement buddy!!! 💜
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Of course!!! Who wouldn’t encourage you, you have fire, spirit, drive, and you’re rocking it!!!
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Awh! Shucks! You know how to keep me going! LOL! 🙂
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PS if you were completely happy, there’d be no challenge! You’d lose interest. 💛
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Maybe…..
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Omg Jodi! Hub at first thought your painting was a photo! And then when I scrolled down, he said your painting was much better than the photo! 😀😊😀😊😀😊😀 Yay, Jodi rocks! 💛💜💛💜💛 I couldn’t wait to let you know. We just got finished shoveling out!
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Oh you big sweetheart! I just love you for your kindness and encouragement! Thank you and thank Hub! 🙂 Hope you get to rest and relax and watch some football now that you are shoveled out and hope you didn’t hurt yourself. Thanks for making my day you two! xxxoooo 🙂
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We feel great! We are blessed, as Hub fractured two ribs a week ago Friday in a fall. I wasn’t sure how we’d manage, but it’s all good and all clear. Time for football. Enjoy the games! This painting really is wonderful!!!
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I’m glad he is doing ok after the fall! My Hubs fell and got hurt too! Oh boy!
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We are both blessed. ❤️❤️❤️
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PS your guess was correct! Bless your bones for always recognizing my faces, you sweet, wonderful woman! I hope the heavy snow stayed away from Mars!
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Yippee! I always see it right away and then second guess if I am right so as not to offend you. But I saw it immediately. You made him even more handsome. Beautiful job!
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Thank you! And you could never offend me!! The fact that you take time to visit and comment is wonderful as it is. But seriously no one’s guess would ever offend. I’m so glad you guessed. You’re always the first correct guesser! Yippeeee Jodiiiiiii!!! 💛💛💛👏👍😘
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Very lovely, Jodi ~ you saw the potential in the photo and enhanced it with your rendering. Maybe add a little more variation to the low bushes – not to late to make a few a little larger (it doesn’t have to be exactly like the photo) if you want to “loosen it up” a bit. Love your treatment of this – the sky, the color, the shadows. Stay warm.
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Do you mean the shadows of the “houses” across the lake? That is the part I struggled most with and like the least. Should I try to make them into low bushes? 😜
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Actually looking back at it, what I was referring to were the lines (vertical ones) for the low bushes – but now I see, they are varying and look absolutely fine. The shadows are amazing that you are talking about. We are our own critics and not always seeing what others see. xo Looks lovely ~ great scene that you captured.
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Oh – you are right now that I look at them. I greatly appreciate your constructive advice Cynthia as you are such a great artist! Thanks so very much for your thoughtful comments!
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Well, not really constructive advice, but more like a suggestion from a friend to another artist, I hope !!! xo Ok?
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Oh Cynthia! I so appreciate! 🙂
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How pretty! Mother Nature is an intimidating artist to copy 🙂
Jenna
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Thank you Jodi for the best wake up this morning. Your wonderful painting reflects the beautiful color in the photograph. Keep on painting! I hope your snow is at bay now.
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It’s so beautiful painting, you captured everything perfectly and so the photograph 😍
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Oh Snehal – you are too kind! Thank you sweet artist friend!
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You got it perfectly Jodi!! ❤️😃This is gorgeous and the pink sunset looks even better in your painting…hard to capture in a photo… yours is close to how it must have looked in person! Nice!
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Oh Charlie O you schmoozer! Very far from perfect! I’d love to see you doodlewash this and give it your Charlie O twist! 🙂
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I need to get back to full scenes first! Lol It’s been awhile! 😊hehe
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Beautiful picture…love the pink skies!
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Thank you!
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So beautiful and peaceful!
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You are very kind! I appreciate your thoughtfulness! 🙂
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Beautiful painting Jodi! You are really doing exceptional in your painting!
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Oh PJ! You are always so kind! Thank you for your sweetness! Hope you are doing well.
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I’m doing well. Looks like snow coming in my area. Have a wonderful Sunday! Have you all gotten a lot of snow with that blizzard?
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We were fortunate to just get a couple inches. We went to a party yesterday just 45 minutes away where they got a foot. We didn’t get anything like DC or NY. Stay safe and warm!
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You all lucked out! 🙂 You stay safe and warm too! xoxo
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What a beautiful painting Jodi! And yes, the pink skies, makes winter so beautiful!
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Awh! Thanks Cathe! I don’t think I ever remembered the sky being so pink before. Is it just because I look at things differently now having hobbies of photography and painting?! 🙂
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You are so talented! That is a wonderful likeness of a beautiful scene, and we are blessed that you shared it with us. Thank you!
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Aren’t you kind?! Thank you! You have blessed me! 🙂
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Jodi, what a beautiful sunrise! You captured it so well in your watercolor! Thank you for sharing your painter talents! Happy Sunday! 🌝 Elizabeth
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You are so sweet! Thanks Elizabeth!
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You captured the beauty terrifically, Jodi!
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You are very kind. Thank you! 🙂
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Wow…really great job, Jodi!
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Oh George – Thank you – I’ve got a long way to go – but having fun. Would be more fun if I was better! hahaha!
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Wow, Rob has a beautiful view! Love your watercolor just the way it is, Jodi. No need to loosen things up.
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Carol – you are so kind. Rob and Joyce have an amazing view! They are very fortunate! 🙂
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Love your colors! 💖💕 This is really good, Jodi! I remember a watercolor class I took one time and we were painting snow. I got my shadows a little too purple and the instructor laughed at my painting and said it looked like a party. So I softened the colors and he liked my painting but I didn’t see it as he did so I wasn’t as happy with my results. My point to my story is paint for you. Painting is not about perfection in my opinion. It is learning to share your interpretation of what YOU see! And that makes it so enjoyable! I like this painting because YOU did it! Enjoy the journey, my friend! 😍👍🎨🌈
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You are so sweet! Thanks Jill. I appreciate! I’m still not loving my painting because there are things I don’t like about it, but I’m not giving up!!! 🙂 Warm hugs!
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Yes, I do think that it does take practice to get to a point where you like your paintings more than you dislike them. I just love your spontaneity in your paintings. And I think you have an artistic eye for seeing things that most people do not have. I hope I didn’t come across as negative as this was not my intention. 💖💕👍🎨
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You didn’t come across negative at all Jilly! You are always a bright light and I welcome any constructive advice !!!!
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What a beautiful painting and serene!
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Love the shadows in your painting, Jodi!
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Thanks Pam!
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wow Jodi! great sky and reflections! very tricky to do sunsets w/o mud, it is beautifully done!! it is so hard to do as you have to …wait… til it dries before you put the other things on! what Patience 🙂
snow is a challenge, and you made it look wonderful! YAY smiling and happy for you! cheers, Debi
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Oh Debi! You are so kind and encouraging! Such a good “teacher!” 🙂 I am least happy with the houses in the background, which I ran together 😦 Oh well – it is a learning process! Thanks for your ongoing INSPIRATION! Oh How I long to be YOU!!!!! 🙂
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same here Jodi, I think It would be lovely to be you too 🙂
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Awh! Ok – you just made me cry 🙂 LOL! It’s been a wonderfully emotional evening. You will see in the post tomorrow morning 🙂 You are just rising and we are just winding down. Always makes me smile my sweet friend from the other side of the world! ❤
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take care, bless you Jodi 🙂
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You’re right about the pink skies! Last Tuesday, we had the most beautiful sunset here in Altanta – the clouds were a vivid pink against a deep blue sky. It was breathtaking. I wish I’d taken a picture of it – you could have painted it and made it twice as breathtaking!
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Awh! 🙂 AGMA
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You’ve captured…and surpassed…the gorgeous sunset, Jodi! ❤ Makes me want to rise and shine (and I'm not a morning person…LOL!).
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and you are toooo kind Teresa! 🙂
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You painted that photograph beautifully! I just love looking at your art work…keep sharing!
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You are sooo sweet ann! ☺️. Thank you
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This looks like a wonderfully peaceful place. So silent and pretty, I don’t even mind the snow too much!
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haha! Thanks Nancy! 🙂
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So , so beautiful 🙂
And like “Charlie” said above , probably closer to how our eyes would see , than a picture can 😉
Turtle Hugs 🙂
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I think it’s great Jodi! Watercolours are hard to use.. I know it’s the first thing they put you in hand at school but I guess that’s merely because it’s easy to wash off lol I used oil colours a lot at secondary school and I found watercolours much harder to experiment with. You’re doing awesomely 😀 The picture of the pear is so simple yet it really struck me.. I’d frame it!! x
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thanks so much sweet Cristina! 🙂
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