Shine

 At the current time, I have been working on a watercolor for a 'challenge' in a group I belong to ~

 Ali Gator Watercolor Community with Ali Cavanaugh on Patreon.

The challenge this time was paint a 'self-reflection' - self portrait 

in a reflective surface.  The example given was this M.C. Escher painting.

 I could have used a shiny cooking pot or a shiny hubcap 

or a window with sunlight

to REFLECT my image into, however, I have always wanted a 

'Gazing Globe Mirror Ball'! 

And what a perfect time to bite the bullet and GET ONE.

Amazon had LOTS of them. I chose a 'not so expensive' 7" silver one.

Couldn't quite figure out how to take a photo of my reflection without

the iPhone camera showing - after many attempts and use of camera space

I came up with one I could paint from. I like the up-front image with my 

iPhone and it's eggplant colored Otter Box right there.  These days -

it's totally a fixture of my persona. I take photos of just about everything. 

Maybe you do, too?

I have over 10K photos on my device I probably

 should deal with....someday soon.

"Shine"

12" x 16"

watercolor on Arches cold press paper

That mirror ball will be a new addition to my garden this SPRING and summer.

I will have to invent a way to keep it from 'blowing away'.😆