Our neighbor, Bob, who has been a history buff much of his life, helped locate and install the windmill on this private property. The Civil War era Miller homestead miraculously survived Quantrill's raid in 1860's. Lawrence was a hotbed of pre-civil war bickering. Places like this are a great inspiration for a little bit of reflection about the days of "yester-year". It has been a warm, wet winter. So what would usually be snow has mostly been rain. This day, near the end of the year, when it began to snow, I began to get antsy. Soon I was in the pickup looking for a place to walk and draw. This place has been waiting for just such a day I guess. I could shield the small sketch pad with my body just enough to keep the extra fine sharpie working. They don't work well running in water! Actually, I guess the snowfall was even less impressive than it appears in the painting. Some things are easy to exaggerate. I did this watercolor directly from the ink drawing. I think it worked ok. Done on the 10th of January from the sketch of 12/28/15. 10" x 12" Canson 140# w/c paper. Guess I should find the ink sketch to post as well, but as we are getting ready for a weeks trip, I do not have the time right now to look for it....
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