Step by Step Acrylic Painting of a Cottage In The Woods

Have you ever pictured in your head where your "happy place" would be? For me, it would definitely be somewhere like the painting I did below.

I get my ideas mainly from my head, but I do look at different pictures for inspiration. For example, I looked at about 300 photos of cottages until I realized I really like the ones in England the best. They are mostly made from stacked stones with a thatched roof.

I love water, and flowers, and sunrises....so I decided to put all of those elements in this painting. If you don't have a lot of money, as always, that's not a problem. My paintings prove that you can do great work with 88 cent bottles of Walmart craft paint and some cheap brushes.