Deb Smith Watercolors

Street in Croatia ( 5 x 7 )

Gladiolas  ( 5 x 7 )

 These are some small paintings. I try to do little ones to keep my hand doing art. Making them small keeps me from fussing too much over making them perfect. I sketch the subject with black pen, and then add watercolors.

Counting painting days at year end 

To motivate myself to paint more,  I've tried tabulating painting hours in the past and have gotten overwhelmed. I came up with the idea of putting an X on the days that I paint. I tally up the "X's"at the end of the year, noticing which months I paint the most. This works well to motivate me to cover the calendar with more "X's"