After seeing Carol Marine's beautiful 2000th painting on Facebook I went to the cupboard and found my granddaughter Megan's baby shoes. Miss Marine's art is perfect, she inspired me to make my own version of Baby Shoes
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I find that ACRYLIC together with PENCIL gives me a bright and happy finish. This miniature 3x3-inch painting on stretched canvas took on its own form. Quite nice colours...I guess a lot goes on in the unconscious mind too.
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See it? Look off-centre in front of the bush. Plein air sketch, two hours.
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It's from my sketchbook, done in washable markers. As an experiment I tried washing it out but the colours are still there! Look out, parents!
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I'm preparing for Moss Street TD Paint-in open air exhibition to take place here in Victoria BC on July 19th, 2014.
Some 35-thousand people are expected to come looking at the art - 'tis very exciting for us artists on Vancouver Island.
Here's the companion piece - "Copper Bowl" (courtesy of the Warren Family) 6 x 8.
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Monet's Trees - I kept my scene loose and sketchy, much like Monet would have done.
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'Hard to believe, Sig was a Canadian pilot for the RAF when he was twenty - that's seventy years ago! He still looks good and is a marvellous artist.
Vern the husband of one of our artists, sat for the portrait group today.
I used pastel pencils, and after tea, I did a quick half profile.
In the wild west the steeds used to wait patiently outside the saloon. Now-a-days the yachties drag their tenders above the highwater mark, thus my title - dinghy and draglines.
I've said it before, next to the shape of a woman a hull is almost perfection.
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Mike sat for the Goward House Portrait Painters this week - the deal is that you sit for free but at the end of the three-hour session you get to take home the portrait of your choice - with about a dozen artists painting!
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Often what you leave out can make or break a painting. I left a single tree out (it was one third in from the right) and the composition just looked out for itself.
Also, it painted itself pretty much - it was finished within two hours, leaving us time to walk along the water's edge a little ways. There were many Alfrescoes out this morning, I'd say about 30 to 40 (there are 80 artists on the email list).
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Sheldon sat for us today, and the dozen or so artists loved him. He sat still and was nice and chatty with them at the tea break, making many friends I believe.
And YES, they made the Biblical reference...but who wouldn't?
I did a pastel yet I was happier with the pencil profile that I sketched after tea.
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John Singer Sargent this is his selfie which he painted in 1906. This man has inspired countless brilliant artists. Some critics find him too clever by half but if you've ever struggled with a brush you'll know that THIS is the man!
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