2012 CALENDAR

Here are sample pages of how it looks...

And here are thumbnails of all 12 months.

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This 11"x17" glossy calendar includes my watercolours, oils, walking while drawing and paint swatch drawings.

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G'mornin'

It snowed this morning and the light coming into the studio was just lovely. I didn't even set up my spot light for this one.

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Today's Train

Holiday fun is over and it's time to get back to work filling up my sketchbook.
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bowlful

Here's my version of the Rookie Painter Challenge, from a lovely photo they provide. It's always interesting to paint someone else's still life set up.

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gettin' into the swing of things

Santa's coming to town!! 

This stuffed Santa hangs in my kitchen doorway.

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Somersaulting Santa

This little porcelain Santa is my favourite X-mas decoration. He was a stocking stuffer from my sister and he has made me smile for many years.

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absorption

This guy sat nice and still. 

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2 more for a set of 4

still walkin' while drawin'.

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Walkin' and Drawin' and Watercolourin'

I drew these while walking down the street, literally. (They are 4"x6" so people passing by just figure I'm on my iPhone!!) Added watercolour at home.

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A Day at the Museum

I spent the day at the Royal Ontario Museum where I drew this gorgeous giant panda. Today I decided ALL sketches will be on watercolour paper, no more cheap sketchbooks or newsprint... just in case it turns out 'watercolour worthy'!

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the bowl

Here's my version for the painting challenge from Rookie Painter. It's on artist's quality Yuppo paper, which is 'slippery' like finger paint paper or vellum.

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Good Sport!

The model was late today, so Adrianna (a fellow artist) got up there and did some 3 minute poses for us. She was awesome!

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Niko

Here's this week's entry to the Daily Paintworks Challenge.

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coffee with a friend

New York City was fantastic! Amazing city. And yet... I'm always happy to come home again.  Back to work with a cafe paintings.

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Knitting for New York

I drew this one with a charcoal pencil. I like that the watercolour doesn't hide the line as much as it can with a 2B pencil. I'm really trying to keep my watercolour paintings 'about line'.

Meanwhile, I'm off to New York!! Super excited about it. Should go more often since it's only an hour flight!

See you next week.

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Barista Dude

Rattle Rattle

Blueberry Muffin Top

The barista dude in the green apron, in the background of both of these paintings, was the only one who knew what I was up to!

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Bette's Portrait in Watercolour

Still working 6"x12" for my watercolour portraits.

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An apple a day

These three paintings, done about 6 years ago, were designed to go together, with the bottom one (with me) being the centre piece and the other two facing in towards it. Recently, the centre piece sold on it's own. I used a glazing technique with about 5 layers of watercolour from light to dark. I paint very differently now!

I stumbled across An Apple A Day art blog. They are collecting 365 paintings of apples, so I entered the top painting. IF YOU'VE GOT AN APPLE PAINTING, JOIN IN ON THE FUN!

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Samantha's Red Shoes

Well... it's very very close to what I wanted to achieve.
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toast with Honeybear

I couldn't resist adding honey bear to this week's Daily Paintworks Challenge, which was to paint your toaster.

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rosy apple, apple rose

I enjoyed painting this for The RookiePainter's monthly challenge. There's no need to set up a still life because they supply the photo, so I can immediately concentrate on painting.

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Border Collies

My main objective here was to get colour in the darks while keeping them transparent. I worked from a photo reference, which is not the way I usually paint, but I'm happy with the results.
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Alex

I went for a 6"x12" paper size on this portrait, which I think I like. I'll have to try some more this size before I decide.

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Life Drawing Watercolours

Another session of Life Drawing at TSA, with short poses that are 1-20 minutes each, these 3 being 20's. The results are hit and miss when I work this fast, but I always learn a lot.

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"Psst..."

I thought I was done my candlelight series however, while I was grocery shopping this weekend, this little bear of honey called out to me. He said, "Psst... Look how cute I am... paint me by candlelight!".

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Drawing on Paint Swatch Cards - Rainy Day

I almost gave up on these paint swatch cards because they are thinly coated with something that causes pencils to smudge and pens to smear. However, I've found a great artist quality pen that works beautifully. Now, I can start thinking about them in groups of 3, matt them, and frame them.

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traipse

One more by candlelight.

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BJ's red hat

Another Tuesday night portrait session. I'm very happy with the likeness to BJ in this one. I usually paint on an 8"x10" paper, but last night I used 14"x18" and a big brush, which was way more fun.

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orange blossoms

I loved painting these. I painted with watercolour for 12 years before deciding to concentrate on oil a few years back. It's so different. Lately I've been back at it, trying to stay more active in both.

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candlelit lemons - Happy 100th!

My painting by candlelight series continues... as I reach my 100th post!

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reflecting back

I enjoyed painting by candlelight so much last week (when I painted my halloween pumpkin) that I thought I'd try it again.

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Watercolour Portrait

Now that fall is here, all the art groups have started up again! : )

I'm very happy with this watercolour portrait since my main goal was to get rich darks in the hat and jacket. I came home last night and promised myself to get to the Tuesday night painting sessions often this year!

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what happened at lunch...

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wait in line...

make a decision...

add milk and sugar...

and enjoy!

mmm, that's yummy

conversation with friends

or a moment to yourself

and talk about dinner plans...

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