Day 4

When I find a creature from the sea like the Portuguese man-of-war, it makes me stop and look in amazement at the incredible, exquisite beauty that nature can create. Furthermore, I wonder why we should try to recreate its image through painting if it exists in photographs for us to admire as they truly are. However, seeing the photographs of Aaron Ansarov in National Geographic today made my jaw drop. I had to grab my watercolors, not to recreate its image so much, but more so to learn from its seamlessness.