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Snow Day

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5"X7" Oil on card

Well the "blizzard" wasn't nearly as bad around here as forecast, but I decided that I didn't want to risk the rural roads to work anyway. I did some work at home and spent about an hour shovelling. I got off lightly because my sainted neighbour wanted to try out her new snow-blower and my sidewalk (150') provided ample practice! It is still snowing so I will have to get out there again shortly.

These orchids aren't quite in bloom yet, any day now. I did something I have never done before and painted on plain card, I am not sure of the archival quality so I probably won't offer this one for sale. It just started out as a sketch but I rather liked the composition.
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Fruit Trees Under Snow WIP 1

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So I decided to choose this one for my January Monthly painting. I have painted it twice already, last January and earlier this month, and it has been a popular subject. It is 20″ X 16″ and I hope to retain some of the spontaneity of the original while using the advantages of allowing some drying time between sections.
Today I just painted background, snow-laden sky and snowy ground. I then etched in the skeletons of the trees to establish the composition. It may be a few days before I get back to this but I will post again as I progress.

Lock Four St. Paul Triptych - 3 12 Mile Creek Raceway Salem Chapel

Vineyards in Snow

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7″X5″ Oil on board

I started work today on a 16″X20″ piece that is an enlarged version of one of my favourites from January last year. In fact I have already revisited it once this year. It you are interested in my Monthly paintings I will be posting the WIPs on my other blog.
I wasn’ t sure whether I would get to do a smaller one too but in the end I did this. I was finishing it in twilight though so the copy isn’t very good. This is one instance where I can say with confidence that the original looks better than this.

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Trailers in the Snow Again

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7″X5″ WC pencil on paper

The high temperature today was -14C at noon. Going to work this morning and coming home, it was a lot colder than that, especially with the “wind-chill factor”.

I have had this photograph since around this time last year, but I drove past them today and the light looked much the same so I thought I would give them a shot. I really must give up trying to do anything in colour at night though, the light is just too bad.

It was one of my ambitions for this year to take one a month from last years posts and develop it into a larger painting. I find that looking at the thumbnails actually helps decide whether the composition really works. However, here I am halfway through January and still haven’t started. I wonder how much longer I can continue to use my computer breakdown as an excuse?

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St. Paul Triptych - 1 River St. Paul Triptych - 2 Lock Four Rapid City Cycle

Bunny

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8″X10″ Pastel on paper

Part of my new regime includes allowing myself to post some older pieces. I chose this one because I don’t think I have posted any pastels here yet, and because the weather looks about right for the time of year. I did it about four or five years ago and it was actually a composite of a couple of pictures, both taken down by the old Welland Canal, which is a lovely place to walk at this time of year.

I probably should try more pastels, I don’t find it a very easy medium. It is incredibly messy and hard to store the finished peices.

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12 Mile Creek River

Noon on the Common Again

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8″X5.5″ Pen on paper

I have lost track of how many “Noon on the Common” drawings and paintings I have done. I realized that I have this great view from the lounge at the theatre, so I may do this same view a few times over the winter and spring, before the season starts. I took a photo too, so I might even try this in oils on the weekend.

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Sarah’s House

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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 had the old aluminum storm windows. Now we have our handsome new/old wooden storms which are much prettier but I don’t have the shutters back up, because they haven’t been painted yet. Eventually the doors and shutters will be red.

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Golf Course

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7″X5″ Oil on panel

It doesn’t look much like a golf course right now. The bunker-like building in the distance is Fort Mississauga, an interesting old brick building that I really must try to paint sometime. This is the first time I have painted in oils since before Christmas I think, whenever it was that my computer died anyway.

I have just discovered that Canon doesn’t have any Vista drivers for my old G2 digital camera. Fortuneately I have a card reader, so I was able to get around it, but what a pain!

I am gradually getting back on track, but it may be a week or two before I can establish my new routine which I want to include some larger paintings.

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Kumatoes St. Paul Triptych - 2 St. Paul Triptych - 1 Three More Onions Raceway