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7″X5″ Marker on paper
Those of you who have been following this blog for a while may have noticed that there are fewer and fewer of those “Buy Now” buttons. Some of my paintings are still for sale, I will put a few more on Etsy soon and others you can contact me if [...]
7.5″X5″ Marker on paper
This is a great time of year to be studying trees, such interesting shapes and shades of grey. Using these markers I have to be sure not to let my pen linger too long or I get blobs, keeps me on my toes.
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7″X5″ Marker on paper
Another Monday. +8C this morning, -8C this evening. Can’t complain though it was -44C in Winnipeg today.
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7″X5″ Marker on paper
Driving along the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way), which has to be one of the worlds most horrible highways, you take the Burlington Skyway across the bay that separates Burlington from Hamilton. The view of Hamilton Harbour is quite Mordorian, especially at this time of year. I painted a much larger, [...]
7″X5″ Marker on paper
There is an embarrassing story behind this one. Suffice it to say that if you sit in your car with the lights on, don’t be surprised if the battery dies.
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5″X7″ Marker on paper
126 Queen Street Niagara-on-the-Lake was built around 1825 according to Peter Stokes’ excellent book Old Niagara on the Lake now sadly out of print but available used.
Niagara-on-the-Lake was once an important border town and the customs house would of course have played a significant role. The coat [...]
7″X5″ Marker on paper
Mondays are always a bit of a challenge, even less time than usual. Today we are stuck with a scribble I did in the greenroom at lunchtime.
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7″X5″ marker on paper
Not very inspired today. I managed to find some Prismacolor light grey markers, not quite the same as the copic markers, but they sort of do the job
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5″X8″ Marker on paper
Not inspiring subject matter I know, but a good study. Forcing myself to use firm confident lines, with no possibility of going back or correcting mistakes, is very good exercise, and the dual shadows were interesting. I still have not replaced my light grey marker, so I didn’t really get [...]
5.5″X8″ Marker on paper
I have a weakness for old wooden chairs. This one is a child’s chair, made in Quebec sometime in the 19th century. I found it in a garage sale many years ago when my daughter was small. It had a red vinyl seat which I replaced with woven rush and [...]
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