8"X5.5" pen on paper

More sketching from this past weekend

8"X5" Pen on paper

Day 2 at the artisan market was no better than day 1 for me. It was a learning experience and if I ever do anything like that again I will be sure to take some more inexpensive items, get some greeting cards printed perhaps. There was some interest in my local scenes, but not enough to encourage anyone to reach into their wallets.

Having spent most of the morning yesterday doing quick sketches of my fellow vendors (more to come) I decided in the afternoon to paint the stall across from me. They weren't selling any more than I was so I thought it would be a good bet that it would remain unchanged for a while. When I was about half way through the owner decided that the reason they weren't selling anything was because of the poor display and she completely rearranged the whole thing!

7"X5" Oil on board I should know better than to start a natural light painting at 4:30 pm on All-Saints Day (right after the clocks have gone back). The light had gone long before I finished.

I am a big apple fan and Mutsus are among my favourites. J. went out and bought three bushels today. They should last for a while if we can just find somewhere cool enough to keep them.

7"X5" Oil on board

I switched back to oils today and, as I finished rather late (I had to carve the pumpkin first), I wasn't able to get a very good reproduction.

It is a lovely night for trick-or-treating but I am wondering how many we will get. Everyone is so spooked about H1N1.

7"X5" Acrylic on board

Not a great painting day. I decided that I had been doing too many paintings from photographs and that I needed to do a still life. However, I think this is one I should have saved for the oils. Also I should have given more thought to the composition, I was in too much of a hurry to just get something done. Never mind, it is all grist to the mill.

7"X5" Acrylic on board

A bright but cold day today. The temperature only got above 10 C for about an hour at midday. Fortunately I only had two sides of storm windows to paint, so I managed to finish. We will put them up next weekend and then I willl call it quits for the winter. Lots of yard work still to do though.

5"X7" Oil on board

Sorry about the bad photograph. I finished this late and had to use artificial light. The white balance can be adjusted but there is no way to get rid of the reflection.

I am not sure what kind of squash this is, some kind of Hubbard I think, but a gorgeous deep orange colour. They are very tasty.

5.5"X8" Mixed media on paper

The parking lot is littered with these things and they present quite a hazard to pedestrians who walk under the trees as they fall.