Sarah's Painting Journal

7″X5.5″ Pen and wash (no pun intended)

It is a good job that the washing dries pretty fast in the tropics because it was kinda spoiling the view. Behind this line is a wonderful view of the ocean but that is for another day.

5.5″X3.5″ Pencil in moleskine

Well I am back from my travels and ready to start posting again. I did some sketching in Puerto Rico and took hundreds of photographs, both with my Canon EOS and with my new toy. I bought a very cheap ($100) mini-camc…

I found a cool new tool for Etsy sellers.

12″X12″ Oil on canvas

I delivered this commission a few days ago but forgot to take a final photo before I let it go. I went over tonight and took a picture, not a very good reproduction because I had to adjust for the tungsten light. They say th…

8″X6″ Oil on board

I am not getting very good reproductions, one of the problems with using oil on these short winter days. I can’t scan them and by the time I am ready to photograph them there is so little light the results aren’t good. The days…

7″X5″ Acrylic on board

A familiar sight to anyone who tries to cross the canal on the Lakeshore Road at about 5:30 on a late winter evening. One of those situations where the visor really doesn’t help. You have to drive one-handed while using the othe…

It is always nice to be included in an Etsy Treasury, this is a nice one:   Etsy Treasury – IRIS Ridge
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7″X5.5″ Pencil in Moleskine

I haven’t been painting much but I do still sketch pretty regularly. It isn’t quite as easy to use the scanner with my present setup so I have been rather remiss about posting these drawings.

On Friday we hosted another re…

7″X5″ Oil on board

I found myself at work very early a couple of times this week so I went for a walk.

Dawn looks a lot like dusk (except looking the other way of course) at this time of year. This spot is right at the junction of the Niagara Ri…

I got tired of having my little paintings festooning every window and door frame in the house. I actually made this very rudimentary rack to display some of them for a craft show I went to in the Fall, but it works very well as a place to dry my oils.