General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn today? Pt.30 Visit with Friends, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Trop,

The swans are NOT a photo--that is a picture of one of my paintings.....

OK! I'll post a few more.

My Mom missed the white sandy beaches of out Homeland (Latvia) and asked me once to paint a picture of it. We only lived a short walking distance from the beach.
I only had a black and white Postcard to go by for the composition. Then another picture for the color. It is not too "professional", but it was the best i could do not having something to actually copy it from...and Mom loved it.