The painting below is a watercolor travel sketch I did this past fall while on vacation in Mazatlan, Mexico.  I usually take a 9 x 12 sketchbook along, and paint or draw whatever strikes me.  In this case, it was a roadside reservoir with bright green algae on its surface, view framed by tropical overgrowth.  Something I saw on one of our regular morning walks around Mazatlan.  No architecture in sight on this one–How about that?

Watercolor Travel Sketch of Mazatlan