I love Lucy

No...not that Lucy.

I love Lucy Willis,
extraordinary watercolor painter of light and shadows,

and author of several wonderful books.

Lucy is my go-to-woman when I need a back-to-the-basics pep talk

and a reset of thought processes. 
Just looking at her books inspires me and quiets the doubts.

I'm  getting ready for a wonderful weekend workshop in Cape May with Marge Chavoosian.
Marge is an excellent artist and a very patient teacher.

The weather looks beautiful for our torture test  plein air painting
in front of the grand no way can I paint those Victorian houses.

My stomach is already in a knot.  Why, you wonder?

Because painting houses is out of my comfort zone,

painting houses in plein air is really out of my comfort zone.

My sister asked "well, then why go?"

and of course, the answer is

because it's out of my comfort zone.

It's intimidating, and frustrating and anxiety-producing,

but I'm going to be there painting along side my daughter,

my architect daughter whose houses fly right out of the end of her pencil.

I'm packing my Lucy books for comfort.

If I produce anything not too humiliating I might post next week.
Have a great weekend!