Sarah's Painting Journal

7″X5″ Acrylic on board

You can’t trust the weather at this time of year. This morning was bright and clear and the sun made such pretty shadows on the fallen leaves. It kept diving back behind the clouds though so I had to snap a picture to try to …

10″X8″ Oil on boardI have had rather an unproductive week so far so I thought I would dip into the archives again.Shortly after we moved into this house the only art supply shop in town went into liquidation. Everything was on sale and I bought myself…

I have been neglecting my Daily Painting recently, partly because I have been up to my ears in House painting. It isn’t as creative but it is very time consuming and very necessary. My house is 140 years old and original clapboard. We ended up re-siding the West wall because there wasn’t a board worth [...]

5.5″X3.5″ Watercolour on paper

I have always enjoyed painting the backs of houses. I did this one from a balcony, early in the morning while the light was still interesting. Unlike my other two Montreal allées (should it be ruelle? Maybe, but I am…

5.5″X3.5″ Pen & graphitint on paper

Sitting between Fort George and the Niagara River, this little stone house is nestled among some old overgrown apple trees. I am not sure of its history, I don’t think it is privately owned any more, it may b…

5″X7″ Oil on panel
Here is the house accross the street. It is another of my almost plein air paintings, I actually sat just inside my front door. The house is now full of flies, how we suffer for art! I used my new cigar box pochade, for details see my other blog.

8″X6″ Oil on board
I have painted so many gloomy winter days recently, so when I woke up to brilliant sunshine and a fresh dusting of powdery snow, I thought I should redress the balance.
Shortly after we moved into this house I painted this same view in summer. It was a different colour then and still [...]

7″X9″ Oil on board
This lovely home is the place we often stay in Montreal. As we didn’t go this year I used a picture from last Christmas. The house is about 160 years old and classic Quebec style.

4.5″X6.5″ Pencil on paper
Well the storm has hit. It is hard to tell just how much snow has fallen because it is very windy and there are deep drifts. This little house across the street has about 20cm (8″) on the porch but very little on the main roof. This is a sign of a [...]

8.5″X5.5″ Pencil on paper
The title is a little fanciful, it is actually an historic building which has been preserved on the edge of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Common. I can’t remember who it belonged to now but it is adjacent to Butler’s Barracks and probably housed a commanding officer at some point. It appears to date [...]