 You might have noticed during December that painting winter scenes is one of my favorite things, especially when it comes to creeks. The sketchbook has tons of creeks in it and they're so forgiving. Even though I work from references a lot of times, it just takes on a life of its own because really I paint the snow in first, kind of the big shapes, and then start carving in the water. And generally the water in wintertime is going to be just much darker than everything around it, so it's going to have that contrast that I love. And then of course I get to use my fancy swanky brush to make grasses and that sort of thing. And here I'm even adding some darker snow because yes, snow has shadows in it. Do you have a favorite subject to paint? Let me know in a comment and tell me why you love it.