• Artwork,  My Painting Process,  Still Life - Florals & Much More

    Pretty In Pink completed

    22 November 2015 / No Comments

    I love the feeling of satisfaction I get when I realize that a painting is finished I’ve let this one percolate long enough to call it completed. I am done looking at it with the squinty eyes and scrutinizing. It is time to put down the paintbrushes and wash off my palette. When I get near the completion of a painting I spend quite a bit of time assessing and reassessing it and second guessing myself.   This is a normal part of the painting process. I want to ensure the warm tones are balanced over the painting and that the cooler tones are the right shade and the values are…

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  • Events,  Poured Watercolour,  Still Life - Florals & Much More

    Demo Poured Painting Colours of Autumn

    15 November 2015 / No Comments

    Yesterday was such a nice day.  I had the opportunity to paint at the Hooper’s Studio in Hampton with some really great folks.  This is the kick off weekend for their Small Works Show and they invited a number of us to participate. I worked on a demo poured painting piece.   As this was a demo, I had to take some “short cuts” to try to get it done in a day.  Typically I prefer to pour one colour in a session.  For this piece I had to pour two and sometimes three colours in one session.  I liked the way the colours mingled on the wet paper but…

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  • Events,  Fauna - Feathers and Fur,  Kudos

    Great News “Call of the Raven” Won an Award at the CPSWC Open Water Show

    8 November 2015 / No Comments

    Dear Helen, we are thrilled to inform you that your painting Call of The Raven has been awarded theD.L Stevenson Award, (Gift certificate award)…. ​Congratulations on this prestigious prize. Pretty exciting.  Especially since I embarked on a project to paint ravens with the CSPWC Open Water juried show in mind.  Last year when we visited  Yellowstone National Park there were a number of particularly friendly ravens in the parking lot at Artist’s Point.  They were walking around the travel trailers looking for handouts and cawing their hearts out.  One raven in particular was following me around and without being intrusive, I was able to get many really nice reference photos.…

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  • Artwork,  Product Review

    Don’t Butter Me Up

    26 October 2015 / No Comments

    Buddy here is an interesting crab He is really big.  Covered in barnacles and maybe tough and old!  It’s so big that the crows and seagulls thought better of going after him.  They were very much interested but he was too big for them to tackle.  He was very aware they were nearby.  Not sure how crabs hear but for sure they can see. He kept turning into their direction to keep an eye on them. When you are only here to be food From what I have observed throughout my entire beach combing experience is that crabs are really on this planet as a food source. So many critters…

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