I get so much inspiration when we spend time in Florida on Anna Maria Island. I abandon my usual style of painting and do some quicker, fun watercolor sketches. This year as I visited I noticed the small bungalow homes that are original or “old Florida” are disappearing and larger more modern type buildings are replacing them. I love the colors of the old bungalows, all painted in beachy pigments and bright attention getting colors. So, I decided to document them before we return another year and more are gone. Here are a few of the sketches that I did this year so far.

These little paintings are only 5 x 7 and I purposely kept them simple allowing the color to come out from an all white background and highlight the subject.