Cottage with morning shadows

This is a studio painting from a plein air study at the LA Arboretum, with members of the California Art Club. I loved the structure of the white building and in the morning, the shadows of the palm trees and the lattice of the building itself, cast pale shadows on the walls. This building called the Queen Anne cottage, is beautiful from many angles but I wanted to paint it as emerging from behind the palm trees, and also capture its reflection in the water, so I chose this view.