Menacing Mice

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Halloween's almost here!

This is the first time I've painted by candlelight (well, tea light) and it was quite tricky, but a treat!

$100 - 6"x6" oil

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fast friends

I've been wanting to paint this dark vase with white flowers for some time now. When I set them up on their own, I quickly realized they needed some friends to accompany them.

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there's something fishy going on here...

This is my 2nd online painting challenge this week. 
I had a lot of fun doing this Daily Paintworks Challenge which was to paint the same object from many perspectives with a time limit of 10 minutes each.

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Red Bicycle

I thought I'd spend this week doing a few online painting challenges.  This first one is from The Green Palette which posted bicycles as this week's subject. This lovely red bicycle lives around the corner from me.

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fry 'till golden

I've joined Daily Paintworks!  Now, I have an online gallery where you can see all my paintings on one page. Love it!

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$100 plus s/h

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Great Show!

Steady stream of people through the day

Reverse Angle of Showroom

Another wonderful show! I received lots of positive feedback and made a few more sales. I'm reinvigorated! Now, back to my easel.

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Art Show - Opening Night!

I spent the whole day preparing for our group art show tonight at St.Barnabas Church here in Toronto.  I've been in the show for the last 9 out of 23 years that it's been running!  Here's my table with all my little goodies on it.  Super happy to say that 2 of them sold! Back tomorrow for the final day - suppose to be a warm one.  Yippee!

p.s.

we put 4 chairs (top row) on top of a table (middle row) and 4 chairs in front of it (bottom row), then toss a couple of sheets over it.  Works perfectly!
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walking along

I painted this from a sketch I drew while walking down the street. I loved my drawing series "walking while drawing", which is exactly what it sounds like, draw, walk, don't lift the pencil and watch your step! Perhaps I'll get back to it.

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waltzing carnations

This lovely bunch of flowers were carried home in the cold and rain, but they stayed cheerful!

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Drawing on Paint Swatch Cards

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Peach Swirl

Rose Angora

Lime Twist

Pink Parfait

Skier's Trail

Sketching on the subway. I'm especially happy with Lime Twist since I had to draw it in the short time the subway doors open!
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we're jammin'... and I hope you like jammin' too

The Pomegranates are having a few friends over... liven things up a bit.

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elbow room

A few more "apples with many seeds"!

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Yellow Vespa

This Vespa lives down the street from me.  It's sooo cute!

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muddled up

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Old French from pome 'apple' + grenate 'having many seeds'

Pomegranate season!!

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Path from Spadina House

Gorgeous weather today.  I guess everyone is with family for the Thanksgiving long weekend because the Spadina gardens were deserted!  

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Zebaydo takes the lead

Keeping it loose while making the horses a little more solid.

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Bay

More horses.  More splatter.

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Hold Your Horses

Any excuse to use a messy line and a lot of splatter!

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Drawing on Paint Swatch Cards

Glimmer

Glass Green

Streaks of Sunset

Taking the Plunge

Tea Rose Garden

Today at a cafe...

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a half dozen or so

... soon to be egg salad.

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salt n' peppa shakas

Thought I'd start back at it with an easy subject only to be reminded that there are no easy subjects. These little shakers were quite a big challenge! 

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Indian Corn with a little pumpkin

This weeks entry to the Daily Paintworks Challenge which welcomes in autumn!

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More Italy Sketches!

favourite bridge in Venice

Trevi Fountain, Rome

Fountain at Tivoli, outside Rome

Here are a few more sketches from Italy.  I plan to get back to painting this weekend... when I'm all sorted out and the jet lag finally wears off!!

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Rome, Florence and Venice!

Beautiful Venice

Vespas line the streets in Rome

Lion statue, Florence

View from hotel, Rome. Tiny cars park sideways as Vespas fly past!

...love lion statues!, Florence

I'm home from Italy! With lots of sketches. Can't decide if I'll add a splash of watercolour to them now that I'm home... as was the plan. I kinda like them as they are.  Hmm. 
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I'm Goin' on the Road!

I'LL BE IN ITALY FOR 2 WEEKS!!! Sooooo Excited!

This is my 70th blog in 3 months - Perfect timing for a 2 week break.

SEE YOU SEPTEMBER 25th.

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Line Drawings - On The Subway...

GO WEST - pink frame

IN THE ZONE - green frame

NORTH SIDE SOUTH SIDE - purple frame

SLURP! - blue frame
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No lifting the pen... from S (start) to F (finish).  I usually do about 15 of these and generally 4 or 5 work out.  It's hit or miss, but that's the fun!
4"x6" pen drawings come in colourful 5"x7" frames.  Artists quality hot pressed paper with archival quality acid free pen

$35 each framed  

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You're a Shoo-in!

I decided to paint my favourite summer shoes before putting them away for the year...

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and the plot thickens

I'm continuing to turn my sketches into oil paintings, which means learning to sketch in a new way.  I love line drawings, but they don't give me the information I need to paint from.  So, my original sketch was made up of values and colour notes.

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Listen, I grab the money and you drive, ya' got that!

Plotting Piggies.  Daily Paintworks Challenge.

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yellowy orangey

Today I was thinking about the importance of incorporating pattern into still life setups. Well, maybe not the 'importance' of, but the impact of.

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dude reading red magazine

Same chair, different person.

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