Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Cottage – Central Coast California Watercolor painting by Karen Winters

Thanks to EBSQ for picking my painting, “Santa Barbara Cottage” for Art of the Day this past Saturday

This 11 x 15″ painting, when matted, will fit perfectly into a 16 x 20 frame.

Road Trip

“Napa Purple House – sketchbook entry – 4″ x 6” – watercolor and felt tip pen – orig. not for sale – print available

This weekend we made the trek to the SF Bay area to visit with our daughter before she heads back to business school in the fall. We had a great time brunching in the Marina district, visiting Mt. Tamalpais and hiking in the woods, dining on tapas, seeing some Shakespeare, more brunching in Napa and visiting a winery. I sketched and painted along the way, so here’s a quick page from my sketchbook, done at brunch on Sunday. Yes, this house really was painted bright purple with blue accents. It was across the street from a charming cafe, and I was fortunate to get a window seat to sketch this souvenir while chatting and munching.