NORA MacPHAIL - ARTIST

$80 - 8X10"painting This green glass bottle is one of my favourite things to paint. Along with oranges... and flowers. : )

The challenge of portrait continues... This is from Tuesday's Portrait Drawing Session. I loved painting J's big turquoise cap!...

There are still a few spaces left is my upcoming Watercolour Painting Classes! Along with my demo (info two posts ago), April is lookin...

$60 - 5x7"painting with 8x10"mat This week's Daily Paintworks Challenge is to paint sunflowers. I had a wonderful time ...

If you're in Toronto on Monday April 13, 2015, I'll be doing a watercolour demonstration! Actually, first I'll be talking...

$80 - 8x10"painting Here is this week's Daily Paintworks Challenge, which was to paint the photo provided. I added some bl...

$80 - 8x10"painting The model at yesterday's Life Drawing Session was just wonderful. Very serene and still.

Another gesture portrait, this one with a slightly different palette than I usually use. Again, thinking about light. 5x7"/$10 - o...

The practise of portraits continues, as they are soooo challenging! So, I've been doing lots of small quick studies on 90lb paper. I ...

SOLD I'm enjoying painting foxes lately. : ) Their long triangular snouts are very distinctive and the wonderful oranges and reds...

SOLD This little red fox wants to be friends! $50 - 5x7"painting with 8x10"mat If you're not with Etsy, just email ...

  SOLD I loved playing around with the pinks and reds in these flowers! They really brightened up my day since it's still coooo...

I think I'm gettin' the hang of these Zentangles. I used two patterns called akoya (braided pearls) and florz (like tiles). Then ...

SOLD Foxes are soooo cute!!! $80 - 8x10" painting email me for personal check or to buy through DPW

SOLD This little fox was truly a joy to paint! I used a charcoal pencil to get a rough loose line that blends a bit with water.  $50 ...

Zentangles are a blast! They really encourage me to think about design. Also, it's back to basics since there are only three values t...

forlorn - 5x7" consider - 8x10" around - 8x10" solve - 6x8" Today's model was wonderful, very relax...

Best thing to do when it's cold outside... curl up and Zentangle! I prefer to let the design go out of the box. I'm still learnin...

This is today's demo for the wonderful Mississauga Art Group that I am presently teaching! We're focusing on animals this month. ...

I drew this little badger at the Royal Ontario Museum. I was shocked at how long his nails were! Turns out they are nocturnal monogamous ...

SOLD I painted this on site at the wonderful Allan Gardens here in Toronto, again with my painting pals at Toronto Plein-Air Artists!...

SOLD I've wanted to paint this cute little silver spritzer thingy for a while. So, I gave it some friends and let today be the da...

SOLD I wanted to put 'caper' into the title of this painting, but it seems more like this is the meetup before the caper! $...

SOLD Here's my entry for this week's Daily Paintworks Challenge. It's always interesting working from someone else's ...

The Life Drawing Group I belong to is having a group art show at The Heliconian Club, 35 Hazelton Ave. Toronto from Feb.2 - Mar.2. We a...

SOLD I was drawn (no pun intended!) to the way these three people were situated around the high table. I also did a bit of scribble s...

I drew this at the Royal Ontario Museum here in Toronto, while out with the Toronto Plein-Air Painters, then painted it at home. Again, t...

SOLD I drew this at a cafe then painted it at home. I wanted to see if the chair in the bottom left foreground would work. Trying to...

I have been playing around with toning the watercolour paper first, in this case with gold green and viridian, then drawing with pen and ...

Next month I'm teaching a third session of classes for the Cawthra Art Group here in Toronto. They are enjoying my exploration of ani...