“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.” ~Roman Payne #dailysketch #mountains #watercolor #clouds #cottoncandyskies #sunrise #sunset #landscape

“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow. ~Aaron Lauritsen #watercolor #landscape #arttherapy #sunset #sunrise #cottoncandyskies #glimmer #tinypaintings

“Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.” ~Theodore Roethke #mountain #mistymountain #landscape #watercolor #watercolorart #stormyskies #abstract #cottoncandyskies #tinypainting

“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson #cottoncandyskies #sunrise #sunset #mountains #nature #abstract #watercolor #landscape

“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” ~Frederick Douglass #sunshine #sunrise #sunset #light #watercolor #landscape #dailysketch

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” ~Albert Camus #abstractlandscape #winter #watercolor #snowy #glimmer #tinypainting It’s still snowing this morning. It’s is a small delight in uncertain times.

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe #sunrise #sunset #mountains #morning #watercolor #landscape

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” ~Jacques Cousteau #ocean #sunset #sunrise #landscape #watercolor #arttherapy

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” ~Louisa May Alcott #sunshine #sunrise #watercolorart #landscape #ocean

"All good things are wild and free." ~Henry David Thoreau Some days I miss the high desert, the sunrises, the smell of sage after a sudden rain. #desertsunrise #sunrise #sunset #landscape #watercolor #cottoncandyskies

“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset, and the water caught fire.” ~Pamela Hansford Johnson #sunset #sunrise #cottoncandyskies #watercolor #landscape

“Every sunrise is a poem written on the Earth with words of light, warmth, and love.” ~Debasish Mridha #sunrise #sunset #cottoncandyskies #watercolorart #landscape #arttherapy

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” ~Washington Irving #love #sunset #watercolor #arttherapy

“Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?” ~William Blake #watercolor #arttherapy #landscape #sunrise #sunset

"If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour." ~Victoria Erickson #autumn #change #cottoncandyskies #watercolorart #landscape #abstract

“Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight." ~Melody Lee #sunset #sunrise #moonrise #moon #moonlight #cottoncandyskies

"There's always a sunrise and always a sunset and it's up to you to choose to be there for it." ~Cheryl Strayed I’ve been doing frequent sketches, getting used to how the paint moves and responds. It’s soothing, calming. #sunset #sunrise #ocean #landscape #watercolor #watercolorart #abstract

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~Marcus Aurelius #sunrise #sunset #cottoncandyskies #morninglight #lanscape #clouds

"Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul." ~Alice Walker #sunset #sunrise #cottoncandyskies #mountains #landscapes #watercolor #arttherapy

“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.” ~George Washington Carver #sunrise #sunset #landscape #winter #glimmers

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson #watercolor #watercolorart #abstract #landscape #sunset #sunrise #nature #mothernature

“Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon. You will be surprised how often you get it.” ~Paulo Coelho #sunset #sunrise #moon #landscape #cottoncandyskies #glimmer

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” ~Desmond Tutu #sunrise #sunset #cottoncandyskies #landscape #watercolor #arttherapy

“A sunrise is still one of the most remarkable spectacles one can witness.” ~Carl Sagan #sunrise #sunset #cottoncandyskies #landscape

Daily sketching. The act of putting color on paper is refreshing. Practice makes perfect is such a lie. Perfection is boring, lifeless and unattainable. Practice allows you to let go of control and create something imperfectly beautiful. #sunset #sunrise #watercolor #art #landscape

“For a girl with such a dark mind, you're a little too in love with the sunrise.” ~Sherry Namdeo #sunrise #sunset #landscape #mothernature #glimmers

I’m a cotton candy sky chaser. I long for every bright and colorful sunrise or dark and moody sunset. The way the colors play light my soul on fire. #watercolor #cottoncandyskies #stormyskies #sunrise #sunset #art #abstract #landscape

“O, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” ~ Roman Payne #sunrise #cottoncandyskies #landscape #photography #mothernature

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” ~John Burroughs #watercolor #arttherapy #landscape

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

"With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft." ~Henri Matisse I’m starting to feel the urge to create. It provides a creative outlet that my analytical side desperately needs.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love. ~Washington Irving

If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. ~ Vincent Van Gogh #sunrise #sunset #landscape #cottoncandyskies #nature #mothernature #skies

The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson #landscape #sunrise #sunset #cottoncandyskies #mothernature #findtheglimmers #glimmers

It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. ~Rainer Maria Rilke #spring #springtime #flowers #grapehyacinth #macrophotography

Plunge deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering ~ Matsuo Basho #spring #springtime #flowers #dandelion #macrophotography #glimmers

Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful too. ~Beau Taplin #sunset #sunrise #landscape #cottoncandyskies

"And Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry rest." ~Percy Bysshe Shelley #spring #springtime #springequinox #renewal #flowers #macrophotography

"Every day, a million miracles begin at sunrise." ~ Eric Jerome Dickey #sunrise #sunset #cottoncandyskies #morning #anewday #grateful

“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” ~ Paulo Coelho #flowers #tinyflowers #macrophotogrqphy #nature #mothernature #lookforglimmers #glimmers #momentsofjoy

"I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one." ~ Calamity Jane #landscape #skyphotography #sunset #sunrise #cottoncandyskies

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ~Jane Goodall #flowers #tinyflowers #macrophotogrqphy #nature #mothernature

"That was her magic - she could still see the sunset, even on the darkest days." ~Atticus #sunset #sunrise #cottoncandyskies #landscape #everydaybeauty #photography

“A weed is but an unloved flower.” ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox #flower #nature #mothernature #macrophotography

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ~Victor Hugo #sunrise #morning #mothernature #landscape #cottoncandyskies

“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.” ~Tennessee Williams #flowers #violets #mountains #macrophotography

“Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.” ~Thomas Moore

“Where flowers bloom so does hope.” ~Lady Bird Johnson #spring #springtime #hope #flowers #flowerphotohraphy #macrophotography