Sarah's Painting Journal

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…

I got tired of having my little paintings festooning every window and door frame in the house. I actually made this very rudimentary rack to display some of them for a craft show I went to in the Fall, but it works very well as a place to dry my oils.

7″X5″ Oil on board

At last the days are getting a little longer. This is a sight that often greets me as I get out of work and start for home

7″X5″ Oil on boardHappy Christmas everyone!

7″X5″ Oil on boardYes it is starting to look quite Christmassy out there and it has been quite cold (well not by Winnipeg standards) around -7 C. I am not sure how much painting I am going to be able to get done over the next few days but you will prob…

5.5″X7″ Marker on paper
I love drawing winter trees, they are both a challenging and a forgiving study. It is easy to get lost in the detail, but it doesn’t really matter too much if you do.

Today is Groundhog Day, a quaint North American tradition that holds that if the groundhog sees his shadow when he [...]

 
8″X5″ Pen on paper
Sitting up in the donors’ lounge again at lunch time, I watched these starlings as they flocked to the narrow strip of bare ground along the edge of the building. I don’t know what they were finding to eat there but there were hundreds of them. Of course they weren’t still [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]