New Print - Rustic Watercolor Leaves

I've been pushing myself back into watercolors over the past year. I wanted to reconnect with painting again (I had been mostly using pen and ink since college).

My mother is an artist as well and has been working in watercolors since before she was my age. Her style of watercoloring is very different from mine (she does it properly with a soft hand and very little layering). Either way It's been fun, I need to back through the stack of paintings I have and get things scanned so I can put them into patterns. 

Wood Inspiration

I have alway been drawn to wood and bark patterns. My iphoto and my phone are filled with random photos from hikes. I am working on a new project that inspired me to go back and take a look, here are a few of my finds.