Well, I’m a week late in posting Week 6’s Doodles, so it’s time to catch up! The focus of the series of Doodles I did this week was a view of the Central Park Boating Lake with the skyline of Central Park South in the background. I took the photo during a bike ride through Central Park on our trip to NYC in August, and it made it onto my list of pictures I’d like to recreate in my Paint My Vacation series.
I’m really excited to share this week’s Doodles. There are 9 in all; the first 8 were all done in preparation for the final Doodle of the week. It’s the biggest watercolor (both in size and in detail) I’ve ever done. In fact, the only time I’ve ever painted anything larger was this 2’x3′ acrylic on plywood painting I did for our backyard a couple years ago.
Welcome back for Part 2 of the post with the longest title ever!
I’ve never planned a trip by myself before. I’ve never surprised anyone with such a big gift, either. As the time to reveal my plans got closer, I started to worry a little that the Mister wouldn’t like it or that when we actually got there, the trip wouldn’t live up to the hype I’d created. Also, what if I’d planned too many activities for each day and we wound up rushing from one to the next without fully enjoying each one? I’m happy to say all these worries were unfounded; somehow I’d allowed the right amount of time for each event and we even had time to wander for a while with no destination. I just couldn’t stop worrying for a couple of days there.
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