Watercolor Inspiration

I wanted to paint this view the moment I saw its palette of colors.  My eyes gathered in the building and lake's colors and the urge to create the same scene in watercolor washed over me.  Interrupting a walk after lunch along a sidewalk skirting this lake in the foreground, I could not help but notice how the softness of the light under cloudy skies drew out the color of the buildings.

I inhaled a breath of the cool air surrounding me and felt connected to the scene as imagination drew me into a world not unlike a drive past Napoli thirty five years ago.  In my mind, I have returned to the magic of Italy in an instant.