“Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
–Mark Twain
Sea Turtle – 6″ x 8″ Watercolor
I had a great time painting this. Of course, just like I don’t have patience for tree painting… I’m the same way with the underwater plants, too. I just made some up. 
This is painted from another one of Li’s Belize photos.
We had a terrific anniversary on Saturday. We took the retro Tbird for a top down road trip to Van Buren, Arkansas. We went to our favorite store, A Little Bit of Mexico, owned by Barb and Dave Little, to treat ourselves to some art. We bought 2 pieces by metal artist, Andres Martin De Campo. Here is a YouTube video with some of his work on it. Here is a photo from Facebook of his shop in Mexico, where he uses live models to pose for his art. One of the pieces we bought is a sea turtle trio, to go over our fireplace.
We had a great day, but couldn’t fit a single one of our purchases in our itty bitty little Tbird, so Barb and Dave delivered our goodies yesterday. What a fun weekend.
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This one is excellent Beth, actually I like
the painting of your plants, and the subject
which is your Sea Turtle shines through
Androgoth XXx
Thanks, Androgoth! That sea turtle was fun, but I sure wasn’t in the mood to paint all the stuff around him.
I’m jealous…I want a T’bird and I used to live in Van Buren…a fun place to explore. Is the old downtown area still lots of shops?
Love the painting!
Hi Vickie! **wave** It was a great day. Barb at A Little Bit of Mexico says they have lost quite a few shops in the downtown area this last year. She thinks it was the heat, more than the economy. People just couldn’t handle the extreme heat. There were a lot of empty stores. That was sad to see. We love to go to Van Buren. We have been buying pots from Barb and Dave for 6 years. They have really cool stuff at reasonable prices. I hope everything is going good with you! ((hugs))
What a great quote to open up with! I love your colorful, energetic turtle. The aquatic plants look just right.
Nanina
Thanks so much, Nanina! I love my morning quotes. They can really help make the difference in my day! I always aim for good ones!