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I need some help painting a white lighthouse in watercolour.?

I have several lighthouse pictures for reference and they are all taken on land. My preference is for the one that has tree branches at the top on either side of the picture. There is a picnic table in the forground. My problem is composition. Framing the lighthouse with green leaves is good, but what else can I do to make this picture special and not boring?

I wonder myself with your discription, what i would do myself painting one is have the top of the branches at the same height as the light house on the other side of the painting. with a jug are something in the middle of the picnic table. up to about half the height of the lighthouse and tree. this is how i would have done it myself. but you might not like that idea.

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But how do you calculate the value of the natural traffic, in my case 3,643 of the visitors? Well, here's how I do it: My blog is focused on the network marketing industry, specifically online network marketing. My PPC campaign that I run on other online network marketing campaigns costs me an average of .47 cents per click.

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About the Author

Dave Sherwin is an online network marketing expert who won the "Rookie Of The Year" award in his network marketing company. He is also the co-founder of the Lighthouse Marketing System. To learn more about making money with blogging, visit:

http://escapethematrix.net/4thpillar

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