Sunday, January 18, 2026

Sunday in the Art Room

    I am joining in with Nicole's link up Sunday in the art room

As my readers know I am new to painting so I am a beginner and just exploring in hopes of getting better.

  My first two attempts were bad-haha-However for the first time I loved my sky and lake-but when I tried to paint the sunrise-which we enjoy every morning here over the lake-what a disaster I was sad about that one. My second attempt was even worse.

  So I am up early this very cold morning (11 degrees F)  and thought I would attempt a winter scene. My inspiration came from a photo in the Missouri conservation magazine-the scene looked exactly like a spot at our woods property.

  I used watercolors  I may come back and update with a better photo

  When we first moved to Missouri I did not know that oak trees keep their leaves through the winter-the spring leaves push them off in the spring. (for better viewing click to enlarge)

 





4 comments:

  1. Nice winter scene Kathy. And I love your mention of the oak leaves. The oaks lose theirs here in New Hampshire, but not until late-like November. They must be different species or else the overall climate makes them act slightly different. Hope you're having a nice weekend hugs-Erika

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    1. Thank you Erika, I grew up in northern Indiana and I was not around oak trees much mostly maples-so that was new to me about the leaves staying on
      we are soooo cold here right now-I wish the woodstove here was useable hugs

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  2. Nice work Kathy and thanks for tgat fact on oak leaves -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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  3. You are doing a much better job than I ever could do. Live Oaks in the South do not lose their leaves. Our Oak trees here in Michigan and the North do lose their leaves. Janice

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