Tippecanoe County Courthouse

It's always nice to have an incentive to paint something.  The Indiana Lawyers Association is creating a collection of all of the county court houses in Indiana.  Our county decided to have the local artists paint the courthouse for a competition.  The winning piece will enter the collection, the other pieces will be auctioned for the benefit of CASA.

When I was creating the mural for Friendship House last year, I took several photos of the court house so I had material for studies for the painting.

It seemed like a natural thing to paint on the wonderful hand made paper from Twin Rocker that is only 10 miles up the road from Lafayette.  So Steve and I made a trip up there a couple of weeks ago to buy some full sheets of watercolor paper.  This week I started the sketch and today I decided was the day to begin painting.  This is where I am at this point.  Now I need to live with it for a few days making observations with a critical eye to see if the painting tells me it needs something more.

The deadline is a month away - plenty of time to be ready!