Aric Gitomer is a licensed architect and watercolor artist who documents the quiet, often overlooked places that shape everyday life: the homes people lived in, the roads they traveled, and the stories embedded in them. Now well past Day 280 of a year-long daily watercolor project, he has painted landscapes, villages, historic sites, and forgotten corners of the built environment, working primarily in a 5" x 5" format in Hahnemühle sketchbooks. Each painting is both an architectural study and a record of place, painted from his own travel photography. Earlier chapters include a nine-sketchbook exploration of Portugal, Italy, and England, and the Poland & Ukraine Roots Journey, which documents family history, Jewish heritage sites, and landscapes shaped by memory and loss. His current series, Israel: Landscapes, Memory and Place, turns to the Negev, where chalk-white slopes, hidden canyon water, ancient settlement, and sparse vegetation share the same terrain. Throughout the 365-day project, many of the paintings are paired with personal reflections on place, memory, landscape, and the experience of looking closely. Drawing on his background as an architect, Gitomer looks for meaning not only in iconic landmarks but in the ordinary spaces people leave behind. Through watercolor, he is building a visual archive of place, preserving moments that might otherwise pass unnoticed.