Beautiful Day in Seattle in October

I took a friend into downtown Seattle this afternoon to a medical appointment.  The doctor was on the 8th floor of an office building and when we walked out of the elevator and into the reception area, this was the view we saw.  It was a spectacular day here in the Pacific Northwest and the view out to the north stopped me cold.  It was beautiful...and unexpected.

I had quite a wait for my friend and to amuse myself I tried to do a little watercolor of part of the view. I only had a very, very small pad of paper; it measured only 2 by 3 inches.  I am not much of an urban sketcher, as you can certainly tell from the result, but I passed the time happily looking out of the window, enjoying the view.

Don't you carry your watercolor paints, a water brush and a small pad of watercolor paper around with you?  No?  Huh.  Well, I do!

I was just enthralled with how clear it was and how far I could see.  I took these photos with my phone and on a whim I ran this one through my Waterlogue app.  I love the result!

Waterlogue App

 I have fallen head over heels in love with the Waterlogue app (available on the Apple App Store).  I don't get a dime for promoting it, but I have been having so much fun with it I decided to share it with you.

It is interesting to see how different photos are changed by the app.  The first photo on this posting is, in it's photo life, a real blah.  But when I (accidentally, by the way) let the app have its way with the image, it turned into a dreamy, lovely little "watercolor" painting.

 The above image is not a favorite, but it did catch the energy of these three little darlings.

I love this "watercolor" of my rhoddy but other snaps I took of the same plant I didn't like so much.

The app seems to handle landscapes, portraits, still life....whatever you throw at it.

I wish I could paint with watercolors half as well as this app does!  I really am enjoying what it does to my photographs.  I framed one I took of my daughter and her daughter and it turned out to be quite lovely of them both.

If you are looking for a new app to play with, might I suggest Waterlogue?