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7″X5″ Oil on board As the lakers pass through the canal they are followed by a flock of hungry gulls. The trees are at that point where they look just as if they have had a dry brush of yellow green dragged across them, only a few more days and they… [...] 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… [...] 7″X5″ Acrylic on boardI never seem to have my camera with me on the best days, when the air is so still that the water is like a mirror. This one wasn’t bad, there was no sun but the reflections were good. [...] 16″X20″ Oil on board 5″X7″ Acrylic on board I seem to be doing a lot of acrylics recently. Am I getting the hang of them yet? I am not sure, I am getting better at the colour mixing I think, but am still not used to the lack of blendability. The clean up is certainly a… [...] 5.5″X3.5″ Pen & WC pencil on paper To be “bridged” is a local term which refers to the state of being delayed at the canal while a laker makes its way through one of the lift bridges. Such was my condition this morning. 5″X7″ Oil on panel The Welland Canal is endlessly fascinating. The current canal is the fourth and was completed in 1932. The first canal, completed in 1829, was much longer and more meandering, it joined Twelve Mile Creek and the Welland River with a flight of 40 locks which were all constructed from wood. The climb from [...] 7″X5″ WC pencil on paper Usually by the time it gets this cold the canal has been drained, but the boats are still trying to get through the Seaway before it closes. The water is gelid, so cold that it barely ripples with the breeze. Tonight we are supposed to get a major storm. Everyone is hunkering [...] 7″X5″ Watercolour & pencil on paper These gulls sit here every day, winter and summer, I am not sure what they are [...] 7″X5″ Acrylic on paper I got caught at the bridge this morning, so I took some pictures. I am always attracted by these dark autumn skies, especially when the middle-ground is lit up by the early sun like this. I am still struggling with the acrylics but they do have some distinct advantages. It is certainly easier [...] |
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