Bighorn Sheep - Toronto Watercolour Society Demonstration

 

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It was my honour to be invited by the Toronto Watercolour Society to do a painting demonstration last night. Such a great group of very talented experienced artists. I was a member of the group for over a decade and it was wonderful to see so many old friends. Thanks Zoom!

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cozy courtyard

$60 - 5x7"original watercolour painting with 8x10"mat

The Toronto Watercolour Society spent a day plein-air painting at the University of Toronto. Every old historic college has a beautiful hidden courtyard in the centre of it. We happily found this one with a lovely bunch of striking, and proud, red flowers.

a flying start

$150 - 11x14"original watercolour painting

I'm still plugging away at trying to work bigger. : ) This one was a blast to paint. Lots of shapes and colours.

close bunch of friends

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These pink flowers fell easily into the vase like a close bunch of friends.  I loooove painting flowers.

Red Prairie Lillies

$60 - 5x7"watercolour painting with 8x10"mat.

I am continuing to work through all the provincial flowers of Canada in celebration of Canada150. These beautiful red and orange lilies can be found across the prairies of Saskatchewan.

All paintings are now for sale through Daily Paintworks. : )

7th out of 60!

I am thrilled to announce that my blog... this blog(!), received 7th place out of 60 watercolour blogs. Super Duper Happy about it. : )

Here's the LINK to check it out. There are lots of wonderful watercolour groups and individual artists on the list. I'm still going through them all! Very inspired. 

tigre

$60 - 7x5"painting in 10x8"mat, ready to frame!

I enjoyed painting this green eyed girl!

Portrait of Helen

I began this watercolour portrait at my last Life Drawing Session. There is never enough time... so I didn't quite finish. I was able to complete it at home while looking in a mirror and, as a result, Helen ended up looking a bit like me!

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Toronto Watercolour Society Portrait Demo

I had a great time at the Toronto Watercolour Society meeting last night. The awesome and hilarious Brian Smith did a portrait demo for us, with a big screen projecting his work. : )

bird's-eye view

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I saw these two cuties on pixabay, a site that has plenty of awesome free photos to work with, and they just spoke to me. I thought, hmm, I'm in the mood to paint birds. : )

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Toronto Watercolour Society - John B. Aird Gallery

Big thanks to everyone who came out to the Toronto Watercolour Society art show last night. The show is on all week! It's at the John B. Aird Gallery at 900 Bay (at Wellesley) until the end of the month! 

Toronto Watercolour Society Aquavision Fall Show - Bronze Award!

I am very proud to have received the Bronze Award at the Toronto Watercolour Society Aquavision Show today for my "Portrait of Frank!" Super happy about it! 

Toronto Watercolour Society

Super proud that my bear painting was one of two chosen for this year's Toronto Watercolour Society Art Show Invite! Happening next month. More info to follow.

Also, I just finished a three day workshop with the lovely watercolour artist Rex Beanland, hosted by Toronto Watercolour Society. Learned a lot about mixing watercolour to the consistency of tea, coffee, milk, cream and butter!

reading material

$60 5x7"painting with 8x10"mat

Newspaper or iPad... whatever suits your fancy. : )

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hidden memory

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I liked the curve in this creek so, I painted it. ; ) 

I am super happy with the way this piece turned out. I think the purple and pink and balancing nicely. 

Toronto Watercolour Society - Linda Kemp Workshop

Well, here is my first ever attempt at Negative Painting. I spent the weekend taking a  2 Day Toronto Watercolour Society Workshop with the amazing Linda Kemp. She is a fantastic teacher. We did lots of helpful exercises. Then we did a colourful wet-in-wet wash on our 140b cold-pressed paper, using fresh tube paints, and painted AROUND the positive shapes (berries). Basically, paint the space between the braches, not the branches. It really stretches your artistic vision.

Check out her website HERE. 

If you ever get a chance to take a class with her, take it! 

Happy Painting Everyone!

a dab will do ya'

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Well, this is the first time I've used cold-pressed paper in years! I always use hot pressed. I'm actually practising with this paper for an upcoming workshop I'm taking with the lovely negative painter Linda Kemp. Looking forward to learning to see shapes better. : )

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sparkling

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I found this cute little bird house and decided, being small, it would suit my still life set up style. It's now friends with all the other items in my crowded cupboard of goodies. : )

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stage whisper

This painting is now framed.

$100 - 8x10"watercolour painting I really enjoyed working in studio with this little set up! Red flowers are tough to do in watercolour, they can get a bit heavy and dead pretty quick if I'm not careful. Very pleased with this one. : )
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early on

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I've been going through a new animal drawing book by Glenn Vilppu. He's a wonderful draftsman and the book inspired me to paint this early morning black bear, wandering out to start his day. I used a photo from the wonderful website WetCanvas' reference photo library. 

$60 - 5x7"painting with 8x10"mat