eggs!

I bought some 5"x10" stretched canvas. I thought it would be fun to try some new compositions.  Really enjoyed finding a subject to fit the canvas.

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Pink in Gold

I'm painting my balcony flowers as fast as I can!  Summer will be over before ya' know it.

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magic hour

6:08 am

It's never the same twice...

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Escalator Contours

These drawing are one long continuous line, called contour drawings. No lifting the pencil!

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Go Fish

This is my third and final 12"x12" painting for the Square Foot Show at AWOL Art Gallery!  I drop off this one, Plaid and Turquoise and Balcony Flowers tomorrow night for the August show.

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be stumped

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Today I took my Artworks Classic Easyl to Spadina House, a historical home with lovely gardens, but it was these tree stumps that caught my eye.

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tackle that

Take the bait.

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tackle this

I came across some colourful fishing tackle and immediately thought they would make great paintings.  They are lovely shapes.
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Sleepy Head

6:12 am

Slept in a bit today and almost missed the sunrise!  Maybe because it's a bit of a grey day. Still lovely out though.

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Break

6:03 am

Lately I've been waking up early to paint the sunrise, which is an amazing way to start the day!

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Red Ones Last

These were a blast to paint.

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Clay Pot

I really enjoyed painting this clay pot. It's a great shape. It reminds me of those old-fashioned tin milk containers.

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after Frank Frazetta

Watercolour on Yuppo Paper

2B pencil sketch in sketchbook

Frank Frazetta is a great comic book artist and I love these polar bears that he originally did in oil. I knew Yuppo paper would be perfect for the wet, icy, cold style I was trying to achieve.

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dawn

5:48 am

This morning was my fourth 'balcony adventure' with my new easel.  I plan to graduate to the park, all the way across the street (!) by next week. Again, baby steps...
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Pink Rubber Boots

I loved these boots... for all of one day.  The soles cracked the first time I wore them.  So, I filled them with rocks, dirt and flowers!

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Good Morning

5:53 am

My new easel inspired me to jump out of bed for today's sunrise.
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Balcony Flowers

I just received my new Artwork Essentials Classic Easyl. It's designed for Plein-Air painting, so I can paint on location.  I just love it. So, for my first adventure, I took it out onto my balcony! (I'm a firm believer in baby steps).

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after John Singer Sargent

Tamara Karsavina in the role of Thamar

Henry James

Sir William Blake Richmond

Today I drew studies from Sargent's (my fave artist) book of Portraits. I was focusing on the strokes he used to block in large areas vs. when he used a single simple line. I didn't intend to slavishly copy them, just learn from them. Now I have a much better understanding of drawing eyes!
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Plaid and Turquoise

The Square Foot Art Show at AWOL Gallery is next month. This is the first of 3 paintings I'm going to submit, 12"x12" each (hence square foot!). It's such a great show. It's not juried so it's a mixed bag of nuts! It truly embraces all walks of art.
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Paint

Today's Daily Paintworks Challenge was to paint what you paint with!

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UPDATE - I touched up this painting in November of 2019. I thought the labels on the paint were not quite readable enough.... although they are still abstracted. ; )

Rasp Berrieeees!

Woke up early to paint these raspberries.  Most people have to eat up their fruit and vegetables before they go bad.  I have to paint them before they go bad!

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Purple in Gold

I enjoyed the turquoise and purple theme so much, I thought I'd keep going with it.  These are more flowers from my garden, which is doing great this summer!

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Cherry Branch

in frame

John brought this to our Wednesday still life painting group. It's from his garden! It's my favourite colour combo, red/orange with blue/green. I painted it on a board which, unlike canvas, hasn't any 'give' to it, so it changed my brushstrokes. Not good or bad, just different. Hmm.

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The Painting Class

I often use watercolour at my Monday night figure painting session.  I enjoy painting the artists as well as the model to add context to the piece. I love drawing, and I miss it when I've been working in oil.

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furthermore...

It's been a terrific challenge painting glass all week!  I thought I'd give these same flowers another shot before they wilt away.
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Contour Drawings - one looong line

alone time

margaret and harry say hello

a moment

caution hot

I keep my pencil on the page (no lifting!) to create these contour one line drawings.  I like putting an s where I start and an f where I finish.
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First Kiss

I've really enjoyed painting watermelon this week, as well as glass.  You can never get enough practice painting glass.

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north-northwest

Thought I'd continue exploring the watermelon theme.  Computer screens don't really like red, but that won't stop me from painting with it!
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from seedless watermelon seeds...

The Daily Paintworks Challenge was to paint this from an upside down photo.  When I finished and flipped it right side up, my eyes sprung out of my head...Boing!!

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Blue Citrus

My friend Rick named this painting for me.  He said, "I like that blue citrus thing you got going there."

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Milk and Cookies

Lunch.  Yep, that's right, I said lunch.

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Daisies

I tried to capture the playfulness of these flowers.

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Subway Sketching

squished

southbound

last stop

You drawin' me?

I got in some sketching on the subway ride home from work today. 

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Piggy, Pony and Pooh

I painted this today for The Daily Paintworks Challenge. Hold on Piggy!

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Sunday Sketching

I'll have a venti mocha frappaccino

after the movie

in thought...

I drew many 5 minute sketches, then added watercolour to them at home.
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Little Roses

I like the look of still life paintings that are backlit.
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