Watercolor painting was described to me as a series of painting steps in layers while having great respect for the color white. Maybe a beginner starts with these steps and along with their content and guidance from a teacher they start the path of experience. It takes time. The paths on the road to artistry diverge and meander until the trail suits the artist. The washes and brush strokes create the content and contain the DNA of the artist.

Jeff Prestridge left a trove of his watercolor paintings for us to enjoy. He did not exhibit many of the over 1,000 paintings he created in retirement. They were all practice on the way to being a better painter. The farmboy in him led his eye to landscapes, vegetable gardens, and luckily for us Alsatian homes.