I enrolled in a painting workshop with the watercolor portrait artist Mary Whyte in July. It was fantastic in every way. Mary was a warm, generous instructor and gave us the benefit of all her years of experience. I walked away with new ways of seeing color, shape, and perspective and a number of new techniques. This was my favorite painting from the three-day workshop; and Lola was my favorite model. Of the three models, she was the only non-professional. One of the organize