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Artwork, My Painting Process, My Plein Air Adventures, Scapes - Coastal and Land, Travelling Colours
May you live in interesting times…
My father had a quote that he used to like to say quite often and it really was both a blessing and a curse. May you live in interesting times Well, 2020 proved to be a clear reflection of the meaning of that expression. So much to be grateful for and yet so much uncertainty. 2020 clearly a year of many changes Personally I made a number of changes in my world. I made the decision to leave my day job so I could dedicate more time to painting. This was truly one of the best decisions ever. Ironically though, with this decision, came the reality of isolating away in…
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Lessons Learned, My Painting Process, Poured Watercolour, Scapes - Coastal and Land, Still Life - Florals & Much More
Summertime Promises
Summertime Promises The May long weekend heralds in the promise of summer and is filled with so much hope. We are dreaming of lazy long weekends, adventurous tours, what to plant in the garden… you know the feeling. I don’t know about you, but my soul has been longing to be warm so we can just chill. Our season on the East Coast is so short. We long for its arrival through multiple cold and dreary months. We have so many happy plans and ideas all to make memories that will last season over season. Gardening is a big part of our summer. We typically garden on our upper decks…
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The Pond in Mid Summer
Fear factor The Pond in Mid-Summer may be compete! I feel like I have been working on this for such a long time.. and I have…so challenging. Monochromatic Greens Painting with green in acrylic are also quite the challenge. The colours are never quite what you expect. And then they dry darker. Greens in watercolour are so much easier. There is no standardization in colours between brands. Sap green in one brand may be garish and in another almost olive. What the heck. That brings me to the colour I love to hate. Viridian! It is up there with the ever challenging cerulean (in watercolour). Vididean is neon, unforgiving…
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Painting at the Nature Park
Oxymoron alert Yesterday was such a beautiful day that I had to get outdoors and paint. Oxymoron alert – Spontaneity like this requires a lot of thinking on my part. Do I want to take my watercolours? Or perhaps my Oils? Or even acrylics? As I pondered and gathered up all my stuff, I decided to bring both watercolours and acrylics. Ran through the usual checklist, water – check, paper towels – check, garbage bag- check, hat- check etc. Finally felt I was ready to go with he car all packed up. Then another decision – where to go? I went to Meenans Cove Beach but was unable to…
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30 Paintings in 30 days Finale
Wow. What can I say. I really did stick with the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. Only I painted 28. Really 27 as my last painting was finished today – after the end of the challenge. I am so glad I decided to do this challenge for a few reasons – it help passed this cold month and I wanted to use materials and subjects I do not always get around to. And I learned a lot. I learned that I actually do like acrylic paint. I just do not like to use it on canvas as I am unable to get the degree of detail I want…
