Gouache Paintings From Life

For the month of March I decided to do at least one painting from life each day. I was quickly amazed at all the possible paintings I walk by regularly. I once read a book that said when you look for delight in life, you find more delight in life, and I think the same applies to painting. The more I stopped to paint what I saw, the more I was stopped by what I saw to paint! I found so much joy in going out to find a painting (and never going far) or simply looking around the room I was in. 

That being said, all of these paintings are of very familiar subjects to me. If I caught myself painting something in my head I would try to stop and get it down. I hadn't realized how often I paint things in my mind's eye without taking it through the brush and onto the paper.