a waterlily pond

I've just returned from southern France. On one of our plein air painting excursions, my students and I visited a beautiful water garden. It was so peaceful and so beautiful - lots of different colour water lilies, big koi, croaking frogs and little paths through pretty water features. A very Monet type of place :-)

After our painting session, I went for a walk around the gardens and took lots of photos of the lily ponds, because I knew it would be lovely to paint something from the day with you. And here it is!

Happy painting!

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