This sketch makes me long for a farmhouse in the country with simple wooden furniture. Of course, there needs to be a freshly baked pie on the window sill to complete the cliche.
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Here is the "bones" of the sketch, drawn with pencil and inked in afterward.
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5x7 watercolor. I think I need a bigger window shelf for that pie.
Of course, in my cliched farmhouse world, I'd be able to leave the windows up because there would be no bugs or mosquitos, no humidity, only a sweet cool breeze. Ahhh...
 
At the Beach 06/25/2011
 
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5x7" Watercolor Sketch, © 2011 Krista Meister
Ahhh... THIS is what Summer is all about.  Spending time on the beach.  

Another quick 15 minute sketch, no pre-drawing, just to exercise my skills.  It's not perfect, not intended to be.  Just enough to capture the essence of what I was seeing.