Little boat from RI

It would be hard to determine just how many days I spent at the beach or near the ocean, listening to the sound that only the ocean can make. I spent some afternoons sailing on it, with friends who were fortunate enough to have sailing boats, of varying sizes... What wonderful memories! I made this little painting years ago, the actual size is only 1.5 x 1.5. It was made for my mother who was in this seniors tennis tournament, and she wanted them to have sachets and pins with the teams name on them. So this was the rough painting for those items...

Well, I told myself that I wouldn't spend hours perusing the web, getting lost in all your fine art and beautiful inspirational work...but, I did. My house is...well, in need of attention. So in spite of promising I would draw or paint up a little something from the ocean each day, last night I went to bed instead! Did I read? Did I play with the kids? Nope, I watched two hours of mindless TV...arrgh!!!

I'm going to clean, wash, fold and wipe and if I have a moment left...paint! Here's an old scribble from a few years ago...it's cheating...I know...but here it is! :O

I made a little drawing of a whale. I colored it with pastels and played around with it on the computer. Hope you have a terrific day!