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Michigan City sunset painting
My camera is unfortunately dead. The battery needs to be recharged and of course the charger is at school. So...no 10 minute sketch for today. I am going to do one and post it for tomorrow along with Monday's 10 minute sketch. So I thought that since I am in a very cold, snowy place, I would take a fun little mental vacation. I am going to post some fun pictures I took when I was in Indiana in August. Two of my aunts who live in Chicago have summer cottages on Lake Michigan and I have been visiting every summer since I was 9. It is one of my most favorite places to go. It has a beautiful sandy beach, grassy dunes and a great outlet mall. What more could you ask for?
Here is the back of one of my aunt's cottage. It is right across from Lake Michigan and reminds me of a quaint English cottage. Those are my brothers on the back porch.
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This is my aunt's lovely little garden
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Close up
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This painting was actually inspired by my aunt's angel statue in her garden. It is one of my favorite little paintings that I have done. It is something I would never sell, it is very meaningful to me.
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Here is the beach and all of the beautiful dune grass
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More beach...I just love the red and white umbrella!
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Painting inspired by the dunes...I always feel so inspired when I am in Michigan City
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Painting of boats on the beach
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Ok, I feel better. I really needed that mental vacation. I am so sick of the snow! Hope everyone is staying warm!
We had the biggest snowflakes today! I shoveled and shoveled again later! I am trying to think of it as tightening my butt with all that squatting and lifting! LOL!
ReplyDeletethe mental vacation is a good idea! I love that angel painting!
stay warm girl!
Shoveling is such a great workout! I cannot wait for this weather to be over!
ReplyDeleteyour aunt's cottage looks so perfect (quaint ;)). i love your paintings! makes me want to get out my brushes and revisit summer, too!
ReplyDeleteWow that looks like such a beautiful place! I miss the coast so much, we had dunes like that where I lived as a child.
ReplyDeleteDon't know about you but I'll be really glad when winter's over :)
I am so ready for summer already! I just need to get through another 4-5 months of winter...yuck!
ReplyDeleteI think the perfect life for me would be a city apartment and a cottage just like that. Sigh ...
ReplyDeleteYour paintings are always so gorgeous!
ReplyDelete*also the treadmill is going great! Not a clothes hanger yet! haha